Triple

T20293426
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lansford Hastings E510084 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California
The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California is a mid-19th-century overland travel manual that famously promoted routes to the American West, including the ill-fated Hastings Cutoff used by the Donner Party.
E1422845 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 Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California | Statement: [Lansford Hastings, notableWork, The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California
Context triple: [Lansford Hastings, notableWork, The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California]
  • A. The Emigrant
    The Emigrant is a 19th-century work by British colonial administrator and author Francis Bond Head, reflecting his experiences and views on emigration and colonial life.
  • B. The Emigrant
    The Emigrant is a 1994 historical drama film by Egyptian director Youssef Chahine that offers a modern, humanistic retelling inspired by the biblical story of Joseph.
  • C. The Pioneers in the Wilderness
    The Pioneers in the Wilderness is a work by Chinese playwright and lyricist Tian Han, reflecting his engagement with progressive, modern themes in early 20th-century Chinese literature and drama.
  • D. Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California
    Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California is an influential 19th-century account of U.S. western exploration that helped shape American understanding and interest in the Far West.
  • E. Gateway to the West
    "Gateway to the West" is a nickname highlighting Omaha, Nebraska’s historic role as a major starting point for westward expansion and transportation in the United States.
  • 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 Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California
Triple: [Lansford Hastings, notableWork, The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California]
Generated description
The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California is a mid-19th-century overland travel manual that famously promoted routes to the American West, including the ill-fated Hastings Cutoff used by the Donner Party.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California
Target entity description: The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California is a mid-19th-century overland travel manual that famously promoted routes to the American West, including the ill-fated Hastings Cutoff used by the Donner Party.
  • A. The Emigrant
    The Emigrant is a 19th-century work by British colonial administrator and author Francis Bond Head, reflecting his experiences and views on emigration and colonial life.
  • B. The Emigrant
    The Emigrant is a 1994 historical drama film by Egyptian director Youssef Chahine that offers a modern, humanistic retelling inspired by the biblical story of Joseph.
  • C. The Pioneers in the Wilderness
    The Pioneers in the Wilderness is a work by Chinese playwright and lyricist Tian Han, reflecting his engagement with progressive, modern themes in early 20th-century Chinese literature and drama.
  • D. Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California
    Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California is an influential 19th-century account of U.S. western exploration that helped shape American understanding and interest in the Far West.
  • E. Gateway to the West
    "Gateway to the West" is a nickname highlighting Omaha, Nebraska’s historic role as a major starting point for westward expansion and transportation in the United States.
  • 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_69e0b4c652388190b782cad965e5a098 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e67704262c8190bc903b733d849881 completed April 20, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a085a3004dc8190ba5a464710b5a4ca completed May 16, 2026, 11:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a085b916420819086ee8f19c1b9cf9f completed May 16, 2026, 11:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a085c149d508190b3349c4c99df7628 completed May 16, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.