Triple

T4719544
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gulf of Boothia E104729 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object John Ross
John Ross was a 19th-century Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer noted for his early expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage.
E463020 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: John Ross | Statement: [Gulf of Boothia, discoveredBy, John Ross]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Ross
Context triple: [Gulf of Boothia, discoveredBy, John Ross]
  • A. John Ross
    John Ross was a prominent 19th-century Cherokee chief who led his people through the era of forced removal known as the Trail of Tears.
  • B. John Ross
    John Ross was the first husband of Betsy Ross, traditionally credited with helping her establish an upholstery business in Philadelphia before his early death during the American Revolutionary era.
  • C. John Marsh
    John Marsh was the husband of American novelist Margaret Mitchell, best known for supporting her during the creation of "Gone with the Wind."
  • D. James Douglas
    James Douglas was a key early leader and philanthropist in American public health who helped establish what became the American Cancer Society.
  • E. James Douglas
    James Douglas was a prominent Scottish knight and close ally of Robert the Bruce, renowned for his guerrilla warfare tactics against the English during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • 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: John Ross
Triple: [Gulf of Boothia, discoveredBy, John Ross]
Generated description
John Ross was a 19th-century Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer noted for his early expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Ross
Target entity description: John Ross was a 19th-century Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer noted for his early expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage.
  • A. John Ross
    John Ross was a prominent 19th-century Cherokee chief who led his people through the era of forced removal known as the Trail of Tears.
  • B. John Ross
    John Ross was the first husband of Betsy Ross, traditionally credited with helping her establish an upholstery business in Philadelphia before his early death during the American Revolutionary era.
  • C. John Marsh
    John Marsh was the husband of American novelist Margaret Mitchell, best known for supporting her during the creation of "Gone with the Wind."
  • D. James Douglas
    James Douglas was a key early leader and philanthropist in American public health who helped establish what became the American Cancer Society.
  • E. James Douglas
    James Douglas was a prominent Scottish knight and close ally of Robert the Bruce, renowned for his guerrilla warfare tactics against the English during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • 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_69bd43ec4a348190bc41afae43375e71 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6428e9e081908ce4041183cad13b completed March 20, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be108fe3b08190b3d306ca4b39860d completed March 21, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be1182fee48190a01bd167a4adb21b completed March 21, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be11e0922481909563dca0422f10d1 completed March 21, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:18 p.m.