Triple

T17755273
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bulkley River E443215 entity
Predicate flowsThrough P225 FINISHED
Object Smithers, British Columbia
Smithers, British Columbia is a small town in northwestern British Columbia known as a regional service and outdoor recreation hub in the Bulkley Valley.
E1294558 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: Smithers, British Columbia | Statement: [Bulkley River, flowsThrough, Smithers, British Columbia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smithers, British Columbia
Context triple: [Bulkley River, flowsThrough, Smithers, British Columbia]
  • A. Lytton, British Columbia
    Lytton, British Columbia is a small village in the interior of the province known for its location at the confluence of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers and for often recording some of the highest temperatures in Canada.
  • B. Richmond, British Columbia
    Richmond, British Columbia is a coastal city in Metro Vancouver known for its diverse population, extensive Asian cultural influence, and role as home to Vancouver International Airport.
  • C. Surrey, British Columbia
    Surrey, British Columbia is a large and rapidly growing city in Metro Vancouver, Canada, known for its diverse population, extensive parkland, and role as a major suburban and economic center in the region.
  • D. Alexandria, British Columbia
    Alexandria, British Columbia is a historic settlement in the Cariboo region that served as an important stop and hub during the Cariboo Gold Rush in the 19th century.
  • E. Langford, British Columbia
    Langford, British Columbia is a rapidly growing city on southern Vancouver Island, part of the Greater Victoria area and known for its outdoor recreation and sports facilities.
  • 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: Smithers, British Columbia
Triple: [Bulkley River, flowsThrough, Smithers, British Columbia]
Generated description
Smithers, British Columbia is a small town in northwestern British Columbia known as a regional service and outdoor recreation hub in the Bulkley Valley.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smithers, British Columbia
Target entity description: Smithers, British Columbia is a small town in northwestern British Columbia known as a regional service and outdoor recreation hub in the Bulkley Valley.
  • A. Lytton, British Columbia
    Lytton, British Columbia is a small village in the interior of the province known for its location at the confluence of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers and for often recording some of the highest temperatures in Canada.
  • B. Richmond, British Columbia
    Richmond, British Columbia is a coastal city in Metro Vancouver known for its diverse population, extensive Asian cultural influence, and role as home to Vancouver International Airport.
  • C. Surrey, British Columbia
    Surrey, British Columbia is a large and rapidly growing city in Metro Vancouver, Canada, known for its diverse population, extensive parkland, and role as a major suburban and economic center in the region.
  • D. Alexandria, British Columbia
    Alexandria, British Columbia is a historic settlement in the Cariboo region that served as an important stop and hub during the Cariboo Gold Rush in the 19th century.
  • E. Langford, British Columbia
    Langford, British Columbia is a rapidly growing city on southern Vancouver Island, part of the Greater Victoria area and known for its outdoor recreation and sports facilities.
  • 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_69d8b9edf16c8190a59ebd245d378f4f completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4841e7050819083a4e638ca7484f7 completed April 19, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a031b149edc81909cb2a14a54c11d02 completed May 12, 2026, 12:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a031b90f94881908655f8bea05ecf0a completed May 12, 2026, 12:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a031be43c8c8190bcd67b9b6a2bce9e completed May 12, 2026, 12:24 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:10 a.m.