Triple

T4532909
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mary Somerville E106338 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Physical Geography
Physical Geography is an influential 19th-century scientific work by Mary Somerville that systematically explains the Earth's natural features, climates, and processes for a broad readership.
E450825 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: Physical Geography | Statement: [Mary Somerville, notableWork, Physical Geography]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Physical Geography
Context triple: [Mary Somerville, notableWork, Physical Geography]
  • A. Earth sciences
    Earth sciences is the broad field that studies the structure, processes, history, and systems of the Earth, including geology, meteorology, oceanography, and related disciplines.
  • B. Principles of Physical Geology
    Principles of Physical Geology is a foundational 20th-century textbook that systematically explains the processes and history shaping the Earth’s crust and interior.
  • C. Earth Sciences & Map Library
    The Earth Sciences & Map Library is a specialized UC Berkeley library that focuses on collections and services related to geology, geography, environmental sciences, and cartographic materials such as maps and atlases.
  • D. Earth system science
    Earth system science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the Earth as an integrated system of interacting components—including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and human activities—to understand global processes and changes.
  • E. Geographical Ecology
    Geographical Ecology is a seminal work in ecology that explores large-scale patterns of species distribution, diversity, and extinction across geographic gradients.
  • 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: Physical Geography
Triple: [Mary Somerville, notableWork, Physical Geography]
Generated description
Physical Geography is an influential 19th-century scientific work by Mary Somerville that systematically explains the Earth's natural features, climates, and processes for a broad readership.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Physical Geography
Target entity description: Physical Geography is an influential 19th-century scientific work by Mary Somerville that systematically explains the Earth's natural features, climates, and processes for a broad readership.
  • A. Earth sciences
    Earth sciences is the broad field that studies the structure, processes, history, and systems of the Earth, including geology, meteorology, oceanography, and related disciplines.
  • B. Principles of Physical Geology
    Principles of Physical Geology is a foundational 20th-century textbook that systematically explains the processes and history shaping the Earth’s crust and interior.
  • C. Earth Sciences & Map Library
    The Earth Sciences & Map Library is a specialized UC Berkeley library that focuses on collections and services related to geology, geography, environmental sciences, and cartographic materials such as maps and atlases.
  • D. Earth system science
    Earth system science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the Earth as an integrated system of interacting components—including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and human activities—to understand global processes and changes.
  • E. Geographical Ecology
    Geographical Ecology is a seminal work in ecology that explores large-scale patterns of species distribution, diversity, and extinction across geographic gradients.
  • 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_69bd43f3d6e08190a91824f833d51bbe completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd579f27ac8190ae9a4252109e56e1 completed March 20, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdacea41bc8190b49c9d1a31d7930f completed March 20, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdb220bc6481908955c5c953bbfb97 completed March 20, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdb2871e3481908d143c52d9e7141f completed March 20, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:03 p.m.