Triple
T23363567
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Whillans Ice Stream |
E593249
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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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: West Antarctic Ice Sheet | Statement: [Whillans Ice Stream, partOf, West Antarctic Ice Sheet]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Antarctic Ice Sheet Context triple: [Whillans Ice Stream, partOf, West Antarctic Ice Sheet]
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A.
East Antarctic Ice Sheet
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the massive, ancient ice mass covering most of East Antarctica, containing the majority of the continent’s ice and a significant portion of the world’s freshwater.
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B.
Antarctic Ice Sheet
The Antarctic Ice Sheet is the vast, continent-spanning mass of glacial ice covering Antarctica, holding the majority of Earth’s freshwater and playing a critical role in global sea-level and climate regulation.
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C.
Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet
The Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet is the northernmost and one of the most rapidly warming and changing portions of Antarctica’s ice cover, playing a key role in regional sea-level contributions and climate research.
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D.
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, fringing the southern Weddell Sea and playing a key role in the region’s glaciology and ocean circulation.
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E.
West Antarctica
chosen
West Antarctica is the portion of the Antarctic continent lying mostly west of the Transantarctic Mountains, known for its marine-based ice sheet that is particularly vulnerable to climate change and potential sea-level rise.
- 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_69e25d2593c88190bcdf4a716a94ccb2 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1a0aac4248190a4663ed12aed6856 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:09 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:31 p.m.