Triple

T318533
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject California Current E7761 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Ekman transport
Ekman transport is an oceanographic process in which wind-driven surface waters move at an angle to the wind direction due to the Coriolis effect, causing net water transport perpendicular to the wind.
E41160 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: Ekman transport | Statement: [California Current, associatedWith, Ekman transport]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ekman transport
Context triple: [California Current, associatedWith, Ekman transport]
  • A. Liman Current
    Liman Current is a cold ocean current flowing southwestward along the northwestern coast of the Sea of Japan, influencing the region’s climate and marine conditions.
  • B. Deep Western Boundary Current
    The Deep Western Boundary Current is a major deep-ocean flow that transports cold, dense water southward along the western boundary of ocean basins, playing a key role in global heat and nutrient redistribution.
  • C. The Gulf Stream
    The Gulf Stream is an 1899 painting by American artist Winslow Homer depicting a solitary Black man adrift in a storm-tossed boat surrounded by sharks, often interpreted as a powerful meditation on danger, isolation, and fate.
  • D. North Pacific Gyre
    The North Pacific Gyre is a large system of rotating ocean currents in the northern Pacific, known for its role in global circulation and for concentrating floating marine debris such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
  • E. Tsushima Current
    The Tsushima Current is a warm ocean current that flows northeastward along the western coast of Japan, significantly influencing the climate and marine ecosystems of the Sea of Japan.
  • 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: Ekman transport
Triple: [California Current, associatedWith, Ekman transport]
Generated description
Ekman transport is an oceanographic process in which wind-driven surface waters move at an angle to the wind direction due to the Coriolis effect, causing net water transport perpendicular to the wind.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ekman transport
Target entity description: Ekman transport is an oceanographic process in which wind-driven surface waters move at an angle to the wind direction due to the Coriolis effect, causing net water transport perpendicular to the wind.
  • A. Liman Current
    Liman Current is a cold ocean current flowing southwestward along the northwestern coast of the Sea of Japan, influencing the region’s climate and marine conditions.
  • B. Deep Western Boundary Current
    The Deep Western Boundary Current is a major deep-ocean flow that transports cold, dense water southward along the western boundary of ocean basins, playing a key role in global heat and nutrient redistribution.
  • C. The Gulf Stream
    The Gulf Stream is an 1899 painting by American artist Winslow Homer depicting a solitary Black man adrift in a storm-tossed boat surrounded by sharks, often interpreted as a powerful meditation on danger, isolation, and fate.
  • D. North Pacific Gyre
    The North Pacific Gyre is a large system of rotating ocean currents in the northern Pacific, known for its role in global circulation and for concentrating floating marine debris such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
  • E. Tsushima Current
    The Tsushima Current is a warm ocean current that flows northeastward along the western coast of Japan, significantly influencing the climate and marine ecosystems of the Sea of Japan.
  • 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea67b7588190be394a56498758b6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3c8ba3304819099db7b60f2c83c8b completed March 1, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3c93ce2308190b2df5c939691a2ce completed March 1, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3ca020b7081909b54e311c173ef21 completed March 1, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.