Triple

T20592552
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walnut Grove, Minnesota E505965 entity
Predicate locatedOn P40 FINISHED
Object North Fork of the Cottonwood River
The North Fork of the Cottonwood River is a tributary stream in southwestern Minnesota that flows through rural landscapes and small communities such as Walnut Grove.
E1486942 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: North Fork of the Cottonwood River | Statement: [Walnut Grove, Minnesota, locatedOn, North Fork of the Cottonwood River]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Fork of the Cottonwood River
Context triple: [Walnut Grove, Minnesota, locatedOn, North Fork of the Cottonwood River]
  • A. Cottonwood Creek
    Cottonwood Creek is a stream in Northern California that drains the eastern slopes of the Coast Ranges before joining the Sacramento River.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Middle Fork Burnt River
    Middle Fork Burnt River is a tributary stream in eastern Oregon that feeds into the Burnt River within the Snake River basin.
  • D. South Fork Thornton Creek
    South Fork Thornton Creek is a primary branch of Seattle’s Thornton Creek watershed, flowing through north Seattle neighborhoods before joining the main creek.
  • E. Red Willow Creek
    Red Willow Creek is a smaller stream in the central Great Plains region of the United States that feeds into the Republican River as one of its tributaries.
  • 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: North Fork of the Cottonwood River
Triple: [Walnut Grove, Minnesota, locatedOn, North Fork of the Cottonwood River]
Generated description
The North Fork of the Cottonwood River is a tributary stream in southwestern Minnesota that flows through rural landscapes and small communities such as Walnut Grove.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Fork of the Cottonwood River
Target entity description: The North Fork of the Cottonwood River is a tributary stream in southwestern Minnesota that flows through rural landscapes and small communities such as Walnut Grove.
  • A. Cottonwood Creek
    Cottonwood Creek is a stream in Northern California that drains the eastern slopes of the Coast Ranges before joining the Sacramento River.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Middle Fork Burnt River
    Middle Fork Burnt River is a tributary stream in eastern Oregon that feeds into the Burnt River within the Snake River basin.
  • D. South Fork Thornton Creek
    South Fork Thornton Creek is a primary branch of Seattle’s Thornton Creek watershed, flowing through north Seattle neighborhoods before joining the main creek.
  • E. Red Willow Creek
    Red Willow Creek is a smaller stream in the central Great Plains region of the United States that feeds into the Republican River as one of its tributaries.
  • 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_69e0b4ba6ae88190af871e1f9522c704 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6a97d63cc8190853e052d5930470d completed April 20, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09cfd76e4081908de738aa0184c8d3 completed May 17, 2026, 2:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09d3c93fc08190a58e1e039ca1b419 completed May 17, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09d42e65d881908d4d2731a9de0cf5 completed May 17, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:40 a.m.