Triple
T23547716
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | J. G. Cooper |
E577950
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | Zoological reports for the Pacific Railroad Surveys |
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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: Zoological reports for the Pacific Railroad Surveys | Statement: [J. G. Cooper, notableWork, Zoological reports for the Pacific Railroad Surveys]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoological reports for the Pacific Railroad Surveys Context triple: [J. G. Cooper, notableWork, Zoological reports for the Pacific Railroad Surveys]
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A.
Zoology (Fortieth Parallel Survey report)
chosen
"Zoology (Fortieth Parallel Survey report)" is a 19th-century scientific volume documenting the animal life of the American West as part of a major U.S. government geological and natural history survey along the 40th parallel.
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B.
Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California
Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California is an influential 19th-century account of U.S. western exploration that helped shape American understanding and interest in the Far West.
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C.
U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
The U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel was a major 19th-century American scientific survey that mapped and studied the geology and natural resources along the 40th parallel in the western United States.
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D.
U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region
The U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region was a 19th-century federal scientific survey that conducted pioneering geological and topographical investigations across the Rocky Mountains in the American West.
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E.
Contributions to the History of American Natural History
Contributions to the History of American Natural History is a scholarly work by George Brown Goode that surveys and analyzes the development of natural history study and institutions in the United States.
- 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_69e245fa93448190919cb04534560542 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1aecc2af08190aec07cf9126d4e72 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:11 p.m.