Triple

T914888
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject White Mountains E19745 entity
Predicate mountainSystem P945 FINISHED
Object Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone
The Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone is a geologic and ecological boundary region in eastern California and western Nevada where the high, granitic Sierra Nevada meets the arid, fault-block ranges and basins of the Great Basin.
E122778 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: Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone | Statement: [White Mountains, mountainSystem, Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone
Context triple: [White Mountains, mountainSystem, Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone]
  • A. Great Basin–Mojave transition zone
    The Great Basin–Mojave transition zone is an ecologically and culturally significant desert region in the American Southwest where the Great Basin and Mojave deserts meet, characterized by mixed flora, fauna, and long-standing Indigenous presence.
  • B. Basin and Range Province
    The Basin and Range Province is a vast geologic region of the western United States and northern Mexico characterized by alternating mountain ranges and arid basins formed through crustal extension.
  • C. Southern Sierra Nevada
    The Southern Sierra Nevada is the southern portion of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, known for its dramatic granite peaks, deep valleys, and popular outdoor recreation areas including parts of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
  • D. Northern Sierra Nevada
    The Northern Sierra Nevada is a mountainous region in California known for its rugged terrain, rich biodiversity, and long-standing Indigenous presence, including that of the Northern Sierra Miwok people.
  • E. Great Basin
    The Great Basin is a vast, arid region of interior drainage in the western United States, characterized by its basin-and-range topography, deserts, and salt flats.
  • 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: Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone
Triple: [White Mountains, mountainSystem, Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone]
Generated description
The Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone is a geologic and ecological boundary region in eastern California and western Nevada where the high, granitic Sierra Nevada meets the arid, fault-block ranges and basins of the Great Basin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone
Target entity description: The Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone is a geologic and ecological boundary region in eastern California and western Nevada where the high, granitic Sierra Nevada meets the arid, fault-block ranges and basins of the Great Basin.
  • A. Great Basin–Mojave transition zone
    The Great Basin–Mojave transition zone is an ecologically and culturally significant desert region in the American Southwest where the Great Basin and Mojave deserts meet, characterized by mixed flora, fauna, and long-standing Indigenous presence.
  • B. Basin and Range Province
    The Basin and Range Province is a vast geologic region of the western United States and northern Mexico characterized by alternating mountain ranges and arid basins formed through crustal extension.
  • C. Southern Sierra Nevada
    The Southern Sierra Nevada is the southern portion of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, known for its dramatic granite peaks, deep valleys, and popular outdoor recreation areas including parts of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
  • D. Northern Sierra Nevada
    The Northern Sierra Nevada is a mountainous region in California known for its rugged terrain, rich biodiversity, and long-standing Indigenous presence, including that of the Northern Sierra Miwok people.
  • E. Great Basin
    The Great Basin is a vast, arid region of interior drainage in the western United States, characterized by its basin-and-range topography, deserts, and salt flats.
  • 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_69a4939f91a08190ba68c2c81eab90fe completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b2f605bc8190a5245aa2ca55cf43 completed March 1, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac42851b8881908b2625e3cb34cb6c completed March 7, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac42f4d51c81908a39c05213da4633 completed March 7, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac436720a88190b88ffd74956f5bf5 completed March 7, 2026, 3:25 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.