Triple
T3200207
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | HMS Challenger |
E67030
|
entity |
| Predicate | expeditionLeader |
P1561
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Wyville Thomson
Charles Wyville Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist and marine zoologist best known for leading the pioneering Challenger expedition that laid the foundations of modern oceanography.
|
E336455
|
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: Charles Wyville Thomson | Statement: [HMS Challenger, expeditionLeader, Charles Wyville Thomson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Wyville Thomson Context triple: [HMS Challenger, expeditionLeader, Charles Wyville Thomson]
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A.
Archibald Geikie
Archibald Geikie was a prominent 19th–20th century Scottish geologist known for his influential work on igneous rocks, geological mapping, and for serving as Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom.
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B.
Caspar René Gregory
Caspar René Gregory was a German-American theologian and New Testament textual critic best known for developing the Gregory–Aland numbering system for classifying Greek New Testament manuscripts.
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C.
George Robert Gray
George Robert Gray was a 19th-century British zoologist and ornithologist known for his influential work on bird classification and species descriptions at the British Museum.
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D.
Roderick Murchison
Roderick Murchison was a prominent 19th-century Scottish geologist best known for his work on the Silurian system and for helping establish modern stratigraphy.
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E.
William Gosse
William Gosse was a 19th-century British-born Australian explorer best known for being the first European to document and name Uluru (then Ayers Rock) during his expeditions in central Australia.
- 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: Charles Wyville Thomson Triple: [HMS Challenger, expeditionLeader, Charles Wyville Thomson]
Generated description
Charles Wyville Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist and marine zoologist best known for leading the pioneering Challenger expedition that laid the foundations of modern oceanography.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Wyville Thomson Target entity description: Charles Wyville Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist and marine zoologist best known for leading the pioneering Challenger expedition that laid the foundations of modern oceanography.
-
A.
Archibald Geikie
Archibald Geikie was a prominent 19th–20th century Scottish geologist known for his influential work on igneous rocks, geological mapping, and for serving as Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom.
-
B.
Caspar René Gregory
Caspar René Gregory was a German-American theologian and New Testament textual critic best known for developing the Gregory–Aland numbering system for classifying Greek New Testament manuscripts.
-
C.
George Robert Gray
George Robert Gray was a 19th-century British zoologist and ornithologist known for his influential work on bird classification and species descriptions at the British Museum.
-
D.
Roderick Murchison
Roderick Murchison was a prominent 19th-century Scottish geologist best known for his work on the Silurian system and for helping establish modern stratigraphy.
-
E.
William Gosse
William Gosse was a 19th-century British-born Australian explorer best known for being the first European to document and name Uluru (then Ayers Rock) during his expeditions in central Australia.
- 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_69ad8589bd988190afa7ed2bdffb7b33 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada9ad4b1c8190bc6ad0f025f238c8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b24bc3695c8190abd58dbc74ca2271 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b24d677ca8819094cb03360ac885da |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b2517e2afc8190a6f8dfa66d3671d5 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.