Triple

T9087474
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vandalia, Illinois E217794 entity
Predicate locatedOnWaterway P4361 FINISHED
Object Kaskaskia River
The Kaskaskia River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River in Illinois, flowing through central and southern parts of the state and historically serving as an important transportation and settlement corridor.
E781703 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: Kaskaskia River | Statement: [Vandalia, Illinois, locatedOnWaterway, Kaskaskia River]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaskaskia River
Context triple: [Vandalia, Illinois, locatedOnWaterway, Kaskaskia River]
  • A. Maquoketa River
    The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa, known for its scenic bluffs, recreational opportunities, and role in draining a largely rural agricultural watershed.
  • B. Sangamon River
    The Sangamon River is a central Illinois waterway that flows through several counties, including the city of Springfield, before joining the Illinois River.
  • C. Iller River
    The Iller River is a tributary of the Danube in southern Germany, flowing through the Allgäu region and forming part of the border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
  • D. Illinois River
    The Illinois River is a scenic tributary of the Rogue River in southwestern Oregon, renowned for its wild and remote canyon, whitewater rafting, and diverse ecosystems within the Klamath-Siskiyou region.
  • E. Illinois River
    The Illinois River is a principal waterway in the U.S. state of Illinois that serves as a key tributary of the Mississippi River and an important route for transportation, commerce, and recreation.
  • 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: Kaskaskia River
Triple: [Vandalia, Illinois, locatedOnWaterway, Kaskaskia River]
Generated description
The Kaskaskia River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River in Illinois, flowing through central and southern parts of the state and historically serving as an important transportation and settlement corridor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaskaskia River
Target entity description: The Kaskaskia River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River in Illinois, flowing through central and southern parts of the state and historically serving as an important transportation and settlement corridor.
  • A. Maquoketa River
    The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa, known for its scenic bluffs, recreational opportunities, and role in draining a largely rural agricultural watershed.
  • B. Sangamon River
    The Sangamon River is a central Illinois waterway that flows through several counties, including the city of Springfield, before joining the Illinois River.
  • C. Iller River
    The Iller River is a tributary of the Danube in southern Germany, flowing through the Allgäu region and forming part of the border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
  • D. Illinois River
    The Illinois River is a scenic tributary of the Rogue River in southwestern Oregon, renowned for its wild and remote canyon, whitewater rafting, and diverse ecosystems within the Klamath-Siskiyou region.
  • E. Illinois River
    The Illinois River is a principal waterway in the U.S. state of Illinois that serves as a key tributary of the Mississippi River and an important route for transportation, commerce, and recreation.
  • 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_69ca83d8ab5881909d8fddae363b32b1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc965646408190b041ab0e2d5dbc94 completed April 1, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d054455e10819095738caf0d5795e2 completed April 3, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d054eaaf108190a5ca3d8e5d0e3256 completed April 4, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d05561c0d081908b1bb69a36b72650 completed April 4, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:13 p.m.