Triple
T131195
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alexander von Humboldt |
E2656
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Muir
John Muir was a pioneering Scottish-American naturalist, writer, and conservationist whose advocacy helped establish the U.S. national parks system and the modern environmental movement.
|
E16262
|
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: John Muir | Statement: [Alexander von Humboldt, influenced, John Muir]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Muir Context triple: [Alexander von Humboldt, influenced, John Muir]
-
A.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was a 19th-century American transcendentalist writer, philosopher, and naturalist best known for his works "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience," which advocated simple living and principled resistance to unjust laws.
-
B.
Clinton Hart Merriam
Clinton Hart Merriam was an American zoologist and ethnographer known for his pioneering work in North American mammalogy and biogeography.
-
C.
David Douglas
David Douglas was a 19th-century Scottish botanist and plant collector renowned for introducing numerous North American tree species, including the Douglas fir, to Europe.
-
D.
Frederic Edwin Church
Frederic Edwin Church was a leading 19th-century American landscape painter of the Hudson River School, renowned for his large-scale, dramatic depictions of natural wonders.
-
E.
Andrew Smith Hallidie
Andrew Smith Hallidie was a 19th-century engineer and inventor credited with pioneering San Francisco’s cable car system and advancing wire rope technology.
- 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: John Muir Triple: [Alexander von Humboldt, influenced, John Muir]
Generated description
John Muir was a pioneering Scottish-American naturalist, writer, and conservationist whose advocacy helped establish the U.S. national parks system and the modern environmental movement.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Muir Target entity description: John Muir was a pioneering Scottish-American naturalist, writer, and conservationist whose advocacy helped establish the U.S. national parks system and the modern environmental movement.
-
A.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was a 19th-century American transcendentalist writer, philosopher, and naturalist best known for his works "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience," which advocated simple living and principled resistance to unjust laws.
-
B.
Clinton Hart Merriam
Clinton Hart Merriam was an American zoologist and ethnographer known for his pioneering work in North American mammalogy and biogeography.
-
C.
David Douglas
David Douglas was a 19th-century Scottish botanist and plant collector renowned for introducing numerous North American tree species, including the Douglas fir, to Europe.
-
D.
Frederic Edwin Church
Frederic Edwin Church was a leading 19th-century American landscape painter of the Hudson River School, renowned for his large-scale, dramatic depictions of natural wonders.
-
E.
Andrew Smith Hallidie
Andrew Smith Hallidie was a 19th-century engineer and inventor credited with pioneering San Francisco’s cable car system and advancing wire rope technology.
- 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_69a2520c0f3481908b0ed054a2fca8d0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25785ad5c819097c00f31719fea7e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2b4bad1a0819098459e2a9d6b8d2a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2b55279a08190b9e73f6f9faf1ebe |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2b5e5c0d08190a1da63663e5c932d |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:31 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:30 a.m.