Triple
T21794635
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Croll |
E538061
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations
"Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations" is an influential 19th-century scientific work that advanced the theory that variations in Earth’s orbit drive long-term climatic and glacial cycles.
|
E1502923
|
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: Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations | Statement: [James Croll, notableWork, Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations Context triple: [James Croll, notableWork, Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations]
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A.
On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
"On the Imperfection of the Geological Record" is a chapter in Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species* that addresses why the fossil record is incomplete and how this affects evidence for evolutionary change.
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B.
An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth
*An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth* is an 18th-century geological treatise by John Whitehurst that explores the Earth's structure, history, and the processes that shaped it.
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C.
The Age of the Earth
The Age of the Earth is a landmark 20th-century geology book that helped establish modern estimates of Earth’s age using radiometric dating methods.
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D.
Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth
Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth is an 1802 geological treatise by John Playfair that clearly expounds and defends James Hutton’s uniformitarian theory of the Earth’s formation and processes.
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E.
Eocene–Oligocene climate transition
The Eocene–Oligocene climate transition was a major global cooling event around 34 million years ago that marked the shift from a greenhouse to an icehouse Earth, including the formation of large Antarctic ice sheets.
- 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: Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations Triple: [James Croll, notableWork, Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations]
Generated description
"Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations" is an influential 19th-century scientific work that advanced the theory that variations in Earth’s orbit drive long-term climatic and glacial cycles.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations Target entity description: "Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations" is an influential 19th-century scientific work that advanced the theory that variations in Earth’s orbit drive long-term climatic and glacial cycles.
-
A.
On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
"On the Imperfection of the Geological Record" is a chapter in Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species* that addresses why the fossil record is incomplete and how this affects evidence for evolutionary change.
-
B.
An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth
*An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth* is an 18th-century geological treatise by John Whitehurst that explores the Earth's structure, history, and the processes that shaped it.
-
C.
The Age of the Earth
The Age of the Earth is a landmark 20th-century geology book that helped establish modern estimates of Earth’s age using radiometric dating methods.
-
D.
Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth
Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth is an 1802 geological treatise by John Playfair that clearly expounds and defends James Hutton’s uniformitarian theory of the Earth’s formation and processes.
-
E.
Eocene–Oligocene climate transition
The Eocene–Oligocene climate transition was a major global cooling event around 34 million years ago that marked the shift from a greenhouse to an icehouse Earth, including the formation of large Antarctic ice sheets.
- 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_69e0c4733f4081909a86622e7e6d15d2 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f0622329b08190b8cd9be714aca456 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 7:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a3e7e3b508190bccf7bfd6856861a |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a4292891c8190a9d6202faa3eeb95 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a433f4528819099527393c5966cbb |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:37 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:53 p.m.