Triple
T20593316
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Younger Dryas impact hypothesis |
E505986
|
entity |
| Predicate | proposedBy |
P32
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard B. Firestone
Richard B. Firestone is an American nuclear physicist and researcher known for co-developing the controversial Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, which proposes a cosmic impact event as a trigger for abrupt climate change and megafaunal extinctions.
|
E1439419
|
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: Richard B. Firestone | Statement: [Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, proposedBy, Richard B. Firestone]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard B. Firestone Context triple: [Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, proposedBy, Richard B. Firestone]
-
A.
Garth H. Drabinsky
Garth H. Drabinsky is a Canadian theatrical producer and former film executive known for his high-profile stage productions and controversial legal troubles.
-
B.
Richard Brumberg
Richard Brumberg was an economist best known for co-developing the Modigliani–Brumberg life-cycle hypothesis of consumption and saving.
-
C.
Bruce C. Murray
Bruce C. Murray was an American planetary scientist and former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, known for his leadership in Mars and planetary exploration.
-
D.
Richard P. Turco
Richard P. Turco is an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering research on nuclear winter and the climatic effects of large-scale environmental disturbances.
-
E.
Harold F. Levison
Harold F. Levison is a planetary scientist known for his work on the dynamics of small bodies in the Solar System and for leading NASA’s Lucy mission to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.
- 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: Richard B. Firestone Triple: [Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, proposedBy, Richard B. Firestone]
Generated description
Richard B. Firestone is an American nuclear physicist and researcher known for co-developing the controversial Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, which proposes a cosmic impact event as a trigger for abrupt climate change and megafaunal extinctions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard B. Firestone Target entity description: Richard B. Firestone is an American nuclear physicist and researcher known for co-developing the controversial Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, which proposes a cosmic impact event as a trigger for abrupt climate change and megafaunal extinctions.
-
A.
Garth H. Drabinsky
Garth H. Drabinsky is a Canadian theatrical producer and former film executive known for his high-profile stage productions and controversial legal troubles.
-
B.
Richard Brumberg
Richard Brumberg was an economist best known for co-developing the Modigliani–Brumberg life-cycle hypothesis of consumption and saving.
-
C.
Bruce C. Murray
Bruce C. Murray was an American planetary scientist and former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, known for his leadership in Mars and planetary exploration.
-
D.
Richard P. Turco
Richard P. Turco is an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering research on nuclear winter and the climatic effects of large-scale environmental disturbances.
-
E.
Harold F. Levison
Harold F. Levison is a planetary scientist known for his work on the dynamics of small bodies in the Solar System and for leading NASA’s Lucy mission to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.
- 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_69e0b4ba6ae88190af871e1f9522c704 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6a97d63cc8190853e052d5930470d |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a08b3eadb248190a86149d3ca375963 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 6:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a08b49702108190810c8e4f5a89ec36 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 6:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a08b524b95c8190909c93d471e9397f |
completed | May 16, 2026, 6:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:40 a.m.