Triple

T18066061
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roland B. Dixon E432295 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Shasta
The Shasta is an ethnographic work by anthropologist Roland B. Dixon that documents the culture, language, and traditions of the Shasta people of northern California.
E417261 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: The Shasta | Statement: [Roland B. Dixon, notableWork, The Shasta]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shasta
Context triple: [Roland B. Dixon, notableWork, The Shasta]
  • A. Shasta
    Shasta is the live cougar mascot that represents the University of Houston Cougars athletic teams.
  • B. Shasta
    Shasta are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting areas of northern California and southern Oregon, known for their distinct language and cultural practices tied to the Klamath and Shasta river regions.
  • C. Oroville
    Oroville is a small city in Northern California known for its proximity to the Oroville Dam and Lake Oroville recreation area.
  • D. Shasta River
    The Shasta River is a northern California waterway that flows through Siskiyou County and agricultural valleys before joining the Klamath River.
  • E. Shasta Dam
    Shasta Dam is a large concrete gravity dam on California’s Sacramento River, forming Shasta Lake and serving as a key source of water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control for the state.
  • 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: The Shasta
Triple: [Roland B. Dixon, notableWork, The Shasta]
Generated description
The Shasta is an ethnographic work by anthropologist Roland B. Dixon that documents the culture, language, and traditions of the Shasta people of northern California.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shasta
Target entity description: The Shasta is an ethnographic work by anthropologist Roland B. Dixon that documents the culture, language, and traditions of the Shasta people of northern California.
  • A. Shasta
    Shasta is the live cougar mascot that represents the University of Houston Cougars athletic teams.
  • B. Shasta chosen
    Shasta are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting areas of northern California and southern Oregon, known for their distinct language and cultural practices tied to the Klamath and Shasta river regions.
  • C. Oroville
    Oroville is a small city in Northern California known for its proximity to the Oroville Dam and Lake Oroville recreation area.
  • D. Shasta River
    The Shasta River is a northern California waterway that flows through Siskiyou County and agricultural valleys before joining the Klamath River.
  • E. Shasta Dam
    Shasta Dam is a large concrete gravity dam on California’s Sacramento River, forming Shasta Lake and serving as a key source of water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control for the state.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8b9070cac81909fa9473fb1c3f1c7 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4cce97ce08190a2f8762ce545e091 completed April 19, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a035670159081909bc8c626318253a2 completed May 12, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03576c04e881908f76694f053d709a completed May 12, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0357f78a7c819083d57f330083698e completed May 12, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m.