Triple

T989532
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pyramid Lake E21355 entity
Predicate locatedInFormerLake P22801 FINISHED
Object Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin
The Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin is an ancient, now mostly dry hydrologic basin in the Great Basin region of Nevada that once held a vast Ice Age lake covering much of northwestern Nevada.
E134242 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin | Statement: [Pyramid Lake, locatedInFormerLake, Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin
Context triple: [Pyramid Lake, locatedInFormerLake, Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin]
  • A. Great Basin
    The Great Basin is a vast, arid region of interior drainage in the western United States, characterized by its basin-and-range topography, deserts, and salt flats.
  • B. Mono Basin
    Mono Basin is a high-desert watershed in eastern California best known for Mono Lake, its striking tufa formations, and its dramatic Eastern Sierra scenery.
  • C. Salton Trough
    The Salton Trough is a tectonic depression in Southern California and northern Mexico that forms the northernmost extension of the Gulf of California rift zone.
  • D. Morongo Basin
    The Morongo Basin is a high desert region in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, known for its scattered communities, arid landscapes, and proximity to Joshua Tree National Park.
  • E. Lake Tahoe Basin
    The Lake Tahoe Basin is a high-altitude watershed in the Sierra Nevada centered on Lake Tahoe, renowned for its clear alpine lake, surrounding forests, and year-round outdoor recreation.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin
Triple: [Pyramid Lake, locatedInFormerLake, Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin]
Generated description
The Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin is an ancient, now mostly dry hydrologic basin in the Great Basin region of Nevada that once held a vast Ice Age lake covering much of northwestern Nevada.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin
Target entity description: The Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin is an ancient, now mostly dry hydrologic basin in the Great Basin region of Nevada that once held a vast Ice Age lake covering much of northwestern Nevada.
  • A. Great Basin
    The Great Basin is a vast, arid region of interior drainage in the western United States, characterized by its basin-and-range topography, deserts, and salt flats.
  • B. Mono Basin
    Mono Basin is a high-desert watershed in eastern California best known for Mono Lake, its striking tufa formations, and its dramatic Eastern Sierra scenery.
  • C. Salton Trough
    The Salton Trough is a tectonic depression in Southern California and northern Mexico that forms the northernmost extension of the Gulf of California rift zone.
  • D. Morongo Basin
    The Morongo Basin is a high desert region in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, known for its scattered communities, arid landscapes, and proximity to Joshua Tree National Park.
  • E. Lake Tahoe Basin
    The Lake Tahoe Basin is a high-altitude watershed in the Sierra Nevada centered on Lake Tahoe, renowned for its clear alpine lake, surrounding forests, and year-round outdoor recreation.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: locatedInFormerLake
Context triple: [Pyramid Lake, locatedInFormerLake, Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin]
  • A. hasNearbyLake
    Indicates that one entity is located close to or in the vicinity of a lake.
  • B. locatedOnWaterbody
    Indicates that an entity is situated on or directly adjacent to a specified body of water.
  • C. locatedInBasin
    Indicates that one geographical or hydrological feature lies within the drainage or catchment area of a specified basin.
  • D. hasMajorLake
    Indicates that a geographic region or area contains at least one significant lake within its boundaries.
  • E. hydrologicallyLocatedIn
    Indicates that a water-related feature (such as a river, lake, or watershed) is situated within or associated with a specific geographic or administrative area in terms of hydrology.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a493c383dc8190a03257f22d4b4183 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b4aa16f081909dcc7a7ce3fb1b64 completed March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac66179f908190b3f0144d1ee91a1c completed March 7, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac66f0e874819092d51913f08905d4 completed March 7, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac676cb9a08190a83d47de80126677 completed March 7, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4b2abccbc8190a83af432f89eacf5 completed March 1, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a4b38630848190bd3898a4f42018ad completed March 1, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.