Triple

T1960594
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lamont Geological Observatory E42374 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Walter Pitman
Walter Pitman was an American geophysicist and oceanographer known for his pioneering work on seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.
E289609 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: Walter Pitman | Statement: [Lamont Geological Observatory, associatedWith, Walter Pitman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Pitman
Context triple: [Lamont Geological Observatory, associatedWith, Walter Pitman]
  • A. George Ward
    George Ward was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles during the mid-20th century, including as Minister of Supply.
  • B. Henry Davison
    Henry Davison was an American banker and humanitarian who played a key role in organizing international Red Cross relief efforts during and after World War I.
  • C. Walter Baker
    Walter Baker is a notable individual whose name is associated with various historical and professional contexts, including business and public service.
  • D. Edwin Blashfield
    Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
  • E. Walter Powell
    Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
  • 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: Walter Pitman
Triple: [Lamont Geological Observatory, associatedWith, Walter Pitman]
Generated description
Walter Pitman was an American geophysicist and oceanographer known for his pioneering work on seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Pitman
Target entity description: Walter Pitman was an American geophysicist and oceanographer known for his pioneering work on seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.
  • A. George Ward
    George Ward was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles during the mid-20th century, including as Minister of Supply.
  • B. Henry Davison
    Henry Davison was an American banker and humanitarian who played a key role in organizing international Red Cross relief efforts during and after World War I.
  • C. Walter Baker
    Walter Baker is a notable individual whose name is associated with various historical and professional contexts, including business and public service.
  • D. Edwin Blashfield
    Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
  • E. Harold Miner
    Harold Miner is a former American professional basketball player best known for his high-flying dunking ability and winning two NBA Slam Dunk Contests in the 1990s.
  • 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_69a8870eea088190a38781990812a9bc completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb380bfc08190ae80f8e6570494b8 completed March 7, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afaf1efa3881909018b46a4b92b0a8 completed March 10, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afb06d3234819095f481228ff32a46 completed March 10, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afb0d54cc481908007e2fb9bfed731 completed March 10, 2026, 5:49 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.