Triple

T15868616
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Arctic Small Tool tradition E384775 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Thule culture (indirectly through intermediate traditions)
Thule culture was a prehistoric Inuit cultural tradition that spread across the Arctic, known for its advanced sea-mammal hunting technology, large coastal settlements, and role as the direct ancestor of modern Inuit peoples.
E1181424 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: Thule culture (indirectly through intermediate traditions) | Statement: [Arctic Small Tool tradition, influenced, Thule culture (indirectly through intermediate traditions)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thule culture (indirectly through intermediate traditions)
Context triple: [Arctic Small Tool tradition, influenced, Thule culture (indirectly through intermediate traditions)]
  • A. Tornedalen culture
    Tornedalen culture is the distinctive cross-border cultural heritage of the Torne Valley region between Sweden and Finland, characterized by its Meänkieli language, mixed Swedish-Finnish influences, and strong local traditions.
  • B. Funnelbeaker culture
    The Funnelbeaker culture was a Neolithic archaeological culture in northern Europe, notable for its early farming communities and construction of large megalithic tombs.
  • C. Single Grave culture
    The Single Grave culture was a late Neolithic archaeological culture in northwestern Europe, characterized by individual burials under small barrows and typically regarded as a regional variant of the wider Corded Ware cultural complex.
  • D. Corded Ware culture
    The Corded Ware culture was a widespread Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age archaeological culture in much of northern and central Europe, often linked to early Indo-European expansions.
  • E. Bell Beaker culture
    The Bell Beaker culture was a widespread Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age archaeological culture in Western and Central Europe, notable for its distinctive bell-shaped pottery, metallurgy, and role in major prehistoric population and cultural transformations.
  • 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: Thule culture (indirectly through intermediate traditions)
Triple: [Arctic Small Tool tradition, influenced, Thule culture (indirectly through intermediate traditions)]
Generated description
Thule culture was a prehistoric Inuit cultural tradition that spread across the Arctic, known for its advanced sea-mammal hunting technology, large coastal settlements, and role as the direct ancestor of modern Inuit peoples.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thule culture (indirectly through intermediate traditions)
Target entity description: Thule culture was a prehistoric Inuit cultural tradition that spread across the Arctic, known for its advanced sea-mammal hunting technology, large coastal settlements, and role as the direct ancestor of modern Inuit peoples.
  • A. Tornedalen culture
    Tornedalen culture is the distinctive cross-border cultural heritage of the Torne Valley region between Sweden and Finland, characterized by its Meänkieli language, mixed Swedish-Finnish influences, and strong local traditions.
  • B. Funnelbeaker culture
    The Funnelbeaker culture was a Neolithic archaeological culture in northern Europe, notable for its early farming communities and construction of large megalithic tombs.
  • C. Single Grave culture
    The Single Grave culture was a late Neolithic archaeological culture in northwestern Europe, characterized by individual burials under small barrows and typically regarded as a regional variant of the wider Corded Ware cultural complex.
  • D. Corded Ware culture
    The Corded Ware culture was a widespread Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age archaeological culture in much of northern and central Europe, often linked to early Indo-European expansions.
  • E. Bell Beaker culture
    The Bell Beaker culture was a widespread Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age archaeological culture in Western and Central Europe, notable for its distinctive bell-shaped pottery, metallurgy, and role in major prehistoric population and cultural transformations.
  • 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_69d86da4e86481909f1325fdc971b5ec completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1556118a08190a13dc2db3d796b11 completed April 16, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffa94a4d208190805d33da0e433092 completed May 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffaacbe94881908d4ee2e53d8dbd76 completed May 9, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffab2fdd1c81909439f11ff798c168 completed May 9, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:50 a.m.