Triple

T1930566
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Willard F. Libby E40934 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating is a scientific method for determining the age of once-living materials by measuring the decay of the radioactive isotope carbon-14.
E217355 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: radiocarbon dating | Statement: [Willard F. Libby, knownFor, radiocarbon dating]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: radiocarbon dating
Context triple: [Willard F. Libby, knownFor, radiocarbon dating]
  • A. International Chronostratigraphic Chart
    The International Chronostratigraphic Chart is the globally recognized standard timeline used by geologists to define and correlate the divisions of Earth’s geological history.
  • B. 4.2 kiloyear event
    The 4.2 kiloyear event was a major global climatic downturn around 2200 BCE, marked by widespread aridification and cooling that is thought to have contributed to the collapse or transformation of several ancient civilizations.
  • C. 8.2 kiloyear event
    The 8.2 kiloyear event was a sudden, short-lived global cooling episode during the early Holocene, likely triggered by massive meltwater outbursts disrupting North Atlantic ocean circulation.
  • D. The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man
    The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man is an 1863 scientific work by Charles Lyell that marshals geological and fossil evidence to argue for the great age of humanity and to support evolutionary ideas.
  • E. Arlington Springs Man site
    The Arlington Springs Man site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological locality on Santa Rosa Island in California, where some of the oldest known human remains in North America were discovered.
  • 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: radiocarbon dating
Triple: [Willard F. Libby, knownFor, radiocarbon dating]
Generated description
Radiocarbon dating is a scientific method for determining the age of once-living materials by measuring the decay of the radioactive isotope carbon-14.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: radiocarbon dating
Target entity description: Radiocarbon dating is a scientific method for determining the age of once-living materials by measuring the decay of the radioactive isotope carbon-14.
  • A. International Chronostratigraphic Chart
    The International Chronostratigraphic Chart is the globally recognized standard timeline used by geologists to define and correlate the divisions of Earth’s geological history.
  • B. 4.2 kiloyear event
    The 4.2 kiloyear event was a major global climatic downturn around 2200 BCE, marked by widespread aridification and cooling that is thought to have contributed to the collapse or transformation of several ancient civilizations.
  • C. 8.2 kiloyear event
    The 8.2 kiloyear event was a sudden, short-lived global cooling episode during the early Holocene, likely triggered by massive meltwater outbursts disrupting North Atlantic ocean circulation.
  • D. The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man
    The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man is an 1863 scientific work by Charles Lyell that marshals geological and fossil evidence to argue for the great age of humanity and to support evolutionary ideas.
  • E. Arlington Springs Man site
    The Arlington Springs Man site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological locality on Santa Rosa Island in California, where some of the oldest known human remains in North America were discovered.
  • 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_69a8864711648190b07bed24ed76258e completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb296910481908c9668518c09fdb0 completed March 7, 2026, 5:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf3ef29e0819081b37664224dee91 completed March 8, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf598ee5c819081549042859e076f completed March 8, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf6a6cc18819092a4e6535ce1376c completed March 8, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.