Triple

T4097018
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James David Forbes E87844 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Researches on the motion of glaciers
"Researches on the Motion of Glaciers" is a seminal 19th-century scientific work by James David Forbes that systematically analyzes glacier dynamics and helped establish glaciology as a rigorous field of study.
 E412602 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: Researches on the motion of glaciers | Statement: [James David Forbes, notableWork, Researches on the motion of glaciers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Researches on the motion of glaciers
Context triple: [James David Forbes, notableWork, Researches on the motion of glaciers]
  • A. Études sur les glaciers
    Études sur les glaciers is a foundational 1840 scientific work by Louis Agassiz that helped establish the study of glaciers and the concept of past ice ages in geology.
  • B. Chilean glaciological institutions
    Chilean glaciological institutions are national research and monitoring organizations in Chile that study the country’s glaciers, ice fields, and related climate and hydrological processes.
  • C. The Transportation of Débris by Running Water
    The Transportation of Débris by Running Water is a foundational geological work in which Grove Karl Gilbert systematically analyzes how streams and rivers erode, transport, and deposit sediment.
  • D. Einstein bed-load function
    The Einstein bed-load function is a seminal hydraulic engineering formula developed by Hans Albert Einstein to predict the transport rate of sediment particles rolling and sliding along a riverbed under flowing water.
  • E. Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network
    The Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network is a scientific program in Switzerland that systematically observes and documents the state and evolution of the country’s glaciers.
  • 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: Researches on the motion of glaciers
Triple: [James David Forbes, notableWork, Researches on the motion of glaciers]
Generated description
"Researches on the Motion of Glaciers" is a seminal 19th-century scientific work by James David Forbes that systematically analyzes glacier dynamics and helped establish glaciology as a rigorous field of study.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Researches on the motion of glaciers
Target entity description: "Researches on the Motion of Glaciers" is a seminal 19th-century scientific work by James David Forbes that systematically analyzes glacier dynamics and helped establish glaciology as a rigorous field of study.
  • A. Études sur les glaciers
    Études sur les glaciers is a foundational 1840 scientific work by Louis Agassiz that helped establish the study of glaciers and the concept of past ice ages in geology.
  • B. Chilean glaciological institutions
    Chilean glaciological institutions are national research and monitoring organizations in Chile that study the country’s glaciers, ice fields, and related climate and hydrological processes.
  • C. The Transportation of Débris by Running Water
    The Transportation of Débris by Running Water is a foundational geological work in which Grove Karl Gilbert systematically analyzes how streams and rivers erode, transport, and deposit sediment.
  • D. Einstein bed-load function
    The Einstein bed-load function is a seminal hydraulic engineering formula developed by Hans Albert Einstein to predict the transport rate of sediment particles rolling and sliding along a riverbed under flowing water.
  • E. Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network
    The Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network is a scientific program in Switzerland that systematically observes and documents the state and evolution of the country’s glaciers.
  • 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_69aed94564cc8190a9c1457daedb6e7f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefcdef11081908c626a89f2c0e121 completed March 9, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b56b725788819091c6aaeccfb86964 completed March 14, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b56c5bb12881908cf2c74d68ecd5b6 completed March 14, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b56cc2ae948190a5e13992626dd547 completed March 14, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:40 p.m.