Triple

T10538755
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Mechanicsville E248639 entity
Predicate river P165 FINISHED
Object Beaver Dam Creek
Beaver Dam Creek is a small waterway in Virginia notable as the site of significant fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Mechanicsville.
 E1058696 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Beaver Dam Creek | Statement: [Battle of Mechanicsville, river, Beaver Dam Creek]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Beaver Dam Creek
Context triple: [Battle of Mechanicsville, river, Beaver Dam Creek]
  • A. Beaver Dam Creek
    Beaver Dam Creek is a smaller watercourse in Belize that feeds into the larger Belize River system.
  • B. Blaine Creek
    Blaine Creek is a smaller waterway in Oregon that feeds into the Nestucca River, contributing to the river’s flow and local watershed.
  • C. Cottonwood Creek
    Cottonwood Creek is a stream in the U.S.–Mexico border region that forms part of the Tijuana River watershed, contributing to its flow and ecological system.
  • D. Cottonwood Creek
    Cottonwood Creek is a stream in Northern California that drains the eastern slopes of the Coast Ranges before joining the Sacramento River.
  • E. Sawmill Creek
    Sawmill Creek is a smaller stream in Ontario, Canada, that feeds into the Trent River as part of its watershed.
  • 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: Beaver Dam Creek
Triple: [Battle of Mechanicsville, river, Beaver Dam Creek]
Generated description
Beaver Dam Creek is a small waterway in Virginia notable as the site of significant fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Mechanicsville.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Beaver Dam Creek
Target entity description: Beaver Dam Creek is a small waterway in Virginia notable as the site of significant fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Mechanicsville.
  • A. Beaver Dam Creek
    Beaver Dam Creek is a smaller watercourse in Belize that feeds into the larger Belize River system.
  • B. Blaine Creek
    Blaine Creek is a smaller waterway in Oregon that feeds into the Nestucca River, contributing to the river’s flow and local watershed.
  • C. Cottonwood Creek
    Cottonwood Creek is a stream in the U.S.–Mexico border region that forms part of the Tijuana River watershed, contributing to its flow and ecological system.
  • D. Cottonwood Creek
    Cottonwood Creek is a stream in Northern California that drains the eastern slopes of the Coast Ranges before joining the Sacramento River.
  • E. Sawmill Creek
    Sawmill Creek is a smaller stream in Ontario, Canada, that feeds into the Trent River as part of its watershed.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69d381c5c7448190bec34bee7ec72bac completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d50a5730d88190b266a940faf53f65 completed April 7, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7a82a0cf48190a201a533c7387512 completed May 3, 2026, 7:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7a8f6833881908bcca35d7d01596a completed May 3, 2026, 7:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7a9c3c6548190802e1163c9c35b67 completed May 3, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:31 p.m.