Triple
T19017355
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Athabasca oil sands |
E465385
|
entity |
| Predicate | earlyResearcher |
P28320
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Karl Clark |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Karl Clark | Statement: [Athabasca oil sands, earlyResearcher, Karl Clark]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Clark Context triple: [Athabasca oil sands, earlyResearcher, Karl Clark]
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A.
Edward Clark
Edward Clark was a member of the prominent Clark family associated with American industrial wealth and art patronage.
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B.
Edward Clark
Edward Clark was an American architect and public official best known for serving as Architect of the Capitol, overseeing major expansions and renovations of the United States Capitol building in the 19th century.
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C.
Carroll Clark
Carroll Clark was a prominent Hollywood art director and production designer known for his influential work on classic films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Roland Clark
Roland Clark is an American house music vocalist, producer, and songwriter known for his distinctive spoken-word style and influential contributions to classic and soulful house tracks.
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E.
Karl Pitterson
Karl Pitterson is a Jamaican record producer and audio engineer best known for his work on classic reggae and dub recordings in the 1970s and 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Clark Target entity description: Karl Clark was a Canadian chemist and engineer best known for pioneering the hot water separation process that enabled large-scale extraction of bitumen from the Athabasca oil sands.
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A.
Edward Clark
Edward Clark was a member of the prominent Clark family associated with American industrial wealth and art patronage.
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B.
Edward Clark
Edward Clark was an American architect and public official best known for serving as Architect of the Capitol, overseeing major expansions and renovations of the United States Capitol building in the 19th century.
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C.
Carroll Clark
Carroll Clark was a prominent Hollywood art director and production designer known for his influential work on classic films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Roland Clark
Roland Clark is an American house music vocalist, producer, and songwriter known for his distinctive spoken-word style and influential contributions to classic and soulful house tracks.
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E.
Karl Pitterson
Karl Pitterson is a Jamaican record producer and audio engineer best known for his work on classic reggae and dub recordings in the 1970s and 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: earlyResearcher Context triple: [Athabasca oil sands, earlyResearcher, Karl Clark]
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A.
researchUser
Indicates that an entity conducts research on, studies, or investigates a particular user.
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B.
earlyCareerActivity
Indicates activities, roles, or engagements undertaken by an entity during the early stage of its career or professional development.
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C.
hasResearcher
chosen
Indicates that an entity is associated with or linked to a specific researcher responsible for work, study, or investigation related to it.
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D.
researchOperator
Indicates that an entity conducts, manages, or is responsible for carrying out research activities on or for another entity.
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E.
researchFocusSince
Indicates the point in time since which an entity has maintained a particular research focus or area of study.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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_69d8dd025c188190a1d81f5b4ec7e2c6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5d6dc0f9081909cddc5186603e885 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:33 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e4a2fd80c081908237317a3a883e1c |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:02 p.m.