Triple

T376366
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bruce C. Heezen E8380 entity
Predicate hasAcademicAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Maurice Ewing
Maurice Ewing was a pioneering American geophysicist and oceanographer whose work in marine seismology and underwater acoustics fundamentally advanced the understanding of the Earth's crust and ocean basins.
E48947 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: Maurice Ewing | Statement: [Bruce C. Heezen, hasAcademicAdvisor, Maurice Ewing]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maurice Ewing
Context triple: [Bruce C. Heezen, hasAcademicAdvisor, Maurice Ewing]
  • A. Bruce C. Heezen
    Bruce C. Heezen was an American geologist and oceanographer renowned for his pioneering work in seafloor mapping and the discovery of extensive mid-ocean ridge systems.
  • B. Robert B. Leighton
    Robert B. Leighton was an American experimental physicist and educator known for his contributions to cosmic-ray and infrared astronomy and for coauthoring the influential Feynman Lectures on Physics.
  • C. Dr. Newton Geiszler
    Dr. Newton Geiszler is an eccentric and brilliant kaiju-obsessed scientist who plays a key role in understanding and combating the monstrous threats in the Pacific Rim universe.
  • D. Don Walsh
    Don Walsh is an American oceanographer and former U.S. Navy officer best known for co-piloting the bathyscaphe Trieste on the first crewed descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960.
  • E. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • 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: Maurice Ewing
Triple: [Bruce C. Heezen, hasAcademicAdvisor, Maurice Ewing]
Generated description
Maurice Ewing was a pioneering American geophysicist and oceanographer whose work in marine seismology and underwater acoustics fundamentally advanced the understanding of the Earth's crust and ocean basins.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maurice Ewing
Target entity description: Maurice Ewing was a pioneering American geophysicist and oceanographer whose work in marine seismology and underwater acoustics fundamentally advanced the understanding of the Earth's crust and ocean basins.
  • A. Bruce C. Heezen
    Bruce C. Heezen was an American geologist and oceanographer renowned for his pioneering work in seafloor mapping and the discovery of extensive mid-ocean ridge systems.
  • B. Robert B. Leighton
    Robert B. Leighton was an American experimental physicist and educator known for his contributions to cosmic-ray and infrared astronomy and for coauthoring the influential Feynman Lectures on Physics.
  • C. Dr. Newton Geiszler
    Dr. Newton Geiszler is an eccentric and brilliant kaiju-obsessed scientist who plays a key role in understanding and combating the monstrous threats in the Pacific Rim universe.
  • D. Don Walsh
    Don Walsh is an American oceanographer and former U.S. Navy officer best known for co-piloting the bathyscaphe Trieste on the first crewed descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960.
  • E. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • 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_69a2e7f2ec648190b42bc7db424f8109 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec169a848190a577aa093c878839 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3fe90edc48190a477971920c60918 completed March 1, 2026, 8:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3fef7fd748190b92b9979a76fcbb4 completed March 1, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4003d118081908aabb8458ddf5982 completed March 1, 2026, 9 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.