Triple
T21248940
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British–Irish Ice Sheet |
E523689
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northern Hemisphere ice sheets |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Northern Hemisphere ice sheets | Statement: [British–Irish Ice Sheet, partOf, Northern Hemisphere ice sheets]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Hemisphere ice sheets Context triple: [British–Irish Ice Sheet, partOf, Northern Hemisphere ice sheets]
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A.
Northern Hemisphere ice sheets
chosen
Northern Hemisphere ice sheets are vast continental glaciers that repeatedly expanded and retreated over North America and Eurasia, profoundly shaping global climate, sea levels, and landscapes during the Quaternary.
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B.
Laurentide Ice Sheet in North America
The Laurentide Ice Sheet in North America was a massive continental glacier that covered much of Canada and parts of the northern United States during the last Ice Age, profoundly shaping the region’s landscapes and climate.
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C.
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
The Fennoscandian Ice Sheet was a massive Pleistocene ice sheet that repeatedly covered much of northern Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and parts of northern Germany and western Russia.
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D.
Cordilleran Ice Sheet
The Cordilleran Ice Sheet was a massive Pleistocene ice sheet that covered much of western North America, including present-day British Columbia, Yukon, and parts of the northwestern United States.
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E.
Earth's cryosphere
Earth's cryosphere comprises all of the planet’s frozen water components—such as glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice, permafrost, and snow cover—that play a crucial role in regulating climate and sea level.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0b5146c108190adc9adb73e90abff |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7359c7a648190b4345336ac3be024 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 8:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:56 p.m.