Triple

T376371
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bruce C. Heezen E8380 entity
Predicate hasNotableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object William Ryan
William Ryan is a marine geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on seafloor spreading and the geological history of the Black Sea, including the "Noah's Flood" hypothesis.
E64863 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: William Ryan | Statement: [Bruce C. Heezen, hasNotableStudent, William Ryan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Ryan
Context triple: [Bruce C. Heezen, hasNotableStudent, William Ryan]
  • A. Jack Driscoll
    Jack Driscoll is a central heroic character in the 1933 film "King Kong," serving as the ship's first mate and the primary human protagonist who helps rescue Ann Darrow from the giant ape.
  • B. Matthew Kirk
    Matthew Kirk is a notable individual who shares the surname Kirk, recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinguished among others with the same name.
  • C. John Pitt
    John Pitt was a British politician and member of the influential Pitt family, active in public life during the 18th century.
  • D. Matthew Sands
    Matthew Sands was an American physicist and educator best known as one of the co-authors of the influential textbook series "The Feynman Lectures on Physics."
  • E. Kevin Michael Richardson
    Kevin Michael Richardson is an American voice actor known for his deep, resonant voice and prolific work in animated television series, films, and video games.
  • 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: William Ryan
Triple: [Bruce C. Heezen, hasNotableStudent, William Ryan]
Generated description
William Ryan is a marine geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on seafloor spreading and the geological history of the Black Sea, including the "Noah's Flood" hypothesis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Ryan
Target entity description: William Ryan is a marine geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on seafloor spreading and the geological history of the Black Sea, including the "Noah's Flood" hypothesis.
  • A. Jack Driscoll
    Jack Driscoll is a central heroic character in the 1933 film "King Kong," serving as the ship's first mate and the primary human protagonist who helps rescue Ann Darrow from the giant ape.
  • B. Matthew Kirk
    Matthew Kirk is a notable individual who shares the surname Kirk, recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinguished among others with the same name.
  • C. John Pitt
    John Pitt was a British politician and member of the influential Pitt family, active in public life during the 18th century.
  • D. Matthew Sands
    Matthew Sands was an American physicist and educator best known as one of the co-authors of the influential textbook series "The Feynman Lectures on Physics."
  • E. Kevin Michael Richardson
    Kevin Michael Richardson is an American voice actor known for his deep, resonant voice and prolific work in animated television series, films, and video games.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasNotableStudent
Context triple: [Bruce C. Heezen, hasNotableStudent, William Ryan]
  • A. notableStudent chosen
    Indicates that a person is a distinguished or particularly significant student of another individual or institution.
  • B. hasStudents
    Indicates that an entity (such as a class, school, or teacher) is associated with one or more students.
  • C. hasNotableAlumniType
    Indicates that an entity has notable alumni belonging to a specified category or type.
  • D. notablePupil
    Indicates that one person is a distinguished or noteworthy student or protégé of another person.
  • E. hasNotableSubject
    Indicates that an entity is associated with a subject that is particularly significant, prominent, or noteworthy in relation to it.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a4a6f8e09481909fe1b329061d1a71 completed March 1, 2026, 8:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4a7fd14188190b231731e6bb896f6 completed March 1, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4a856aaec8190b698ce998626f10f completed March 1, 2026, 8:57 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2e96351cc8190a55adf95f8c27e9e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.