Triple

T3918924
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Goddard Institute for Space Studies E88910 entity
Predicate employerOf P7 FINISHED
Object Gavin A. Schmidt
Gavin A. Schmidt is a climate scientist known for his work on climate modeling and for directing NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
E399083 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: Gavin A. Schmidt | Statement: [Goddard Institute for Space Studies, employerOf, Gavin A. Schmidt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gavin A. Schmidt
Context triple: [Goddard Institute for Space Studies, employerOf, Gavin A. Schmidt]
  • A. James Hansen
    James Hansen is a prominent American climate scientist and former NASA researcher known for his early and influential warnings about global warming and advocacy for climate action.
  • B. Kerry Emanuel
    Kerry Emanuel is an American atmospheric scientist renowned for his pioneering research on tropical cyclones and the impact of climate change on hurricane intensity.
  • C. Andrew W. Preston
    Andrew W. Preston was an American businessman best known as a pioneering figure in the tropical fruit trade and a key architect of the modern banana industry.
  • D. Michael T. Sauer
    Michael T. Sauer was an American judge best known for presiding over high-profile criminal cases in Los Angeles County.
  • E. Michael B. Gerrard
    Michael B. Gerrard is an American environmental lawyer and scholar known for his leadership in climate change law and policy.
  • 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: Gavin A. Schmidt
Triple: [Goddard Institute for Space Studies, employerOf, Gavin A. Schmidt]
Generated description
Gavin A. Schmidt is a climate scientist known for his work on climate modeling and for directing NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gavin A. Schmidt
Target entity description: Gavin A. Schmidt is a climate scientist known for his work on climate modeling and for directing NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
  • A. James Hansen
    James Hansen is a prominent American climate scientist and former NASA researcher known for his early and influential warnings about global warming and advocacy for climate action.
  • B. Kerry Emanuel
    Kerry Emanuel is an American atmospheric scientist renowned for his pioneering research on tropical cyclones and the impact of climate change on hurricane intensity.
  • C. Andrew W. Preston
    Andrew W. Preston was an American businessman best known as a pioneering figure in the tropical fruit trade and a key architect of the modern banana industry.
  • D. Michael T. Sauer
    Michael T. Sauer was an American judge best known for presiding over high-profile criminal cases in Los Angeles County.
  • E. Michael B. Gerrard
    Michael B. Gerrard is an American environmental lawyer and scholar known for his leadership in climate change law and policy.
  • 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_69aed955229881909e85e73ffab1d343 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeed59485c819095c58edd053e3401 completed March 9, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5286830d08190bd6e583360136342 completed March 14, 2026, 9:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5293b41748190929665970712707a completed March 14, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b529e9080481908ff0ec30b295cfc3 completed March 14, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:22 p.m.