Triple
T553657
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Northwest Passage |
E11895
|
entity |
| Predicate | exploredBy |
P1562
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Baffin
William Baffin was a 17th-century English navigator and explorer renowned for his Arctic voyages and detailed mapping of the Canadian Arctic, including the bay that now bears his name.
|
E71295
|
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: William Baffin | Statement: [Northwest Passage, exploredBy, William Baffin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Baffin Context triple: [Northwest Passage, exploredBy, William Baffin]
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A.
Martin Frobisher
Martin Frobisher was a 16th-century English seafarer and privateer best known for his early Arctic voyages in search of a Northwest Passage to Asia.
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B.
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator of the early 17th century best known for his voyages in search of a northwest passage and for lending his name to the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
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C.
John Cabot
John Cabot was an Italian-born navigator and explorer, sailing under the English flag, best known for his late 15th-century voyages to North America that helped lay the groundwork for England’s claims in the New World.
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D.
Robert Bylot
Robert Bylot was a 17th-century English Arctic explorer and navigator known for his key role in early voyages searching for the Northwest Passage.
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E.
Willem Barentsz
Willem Barentsz was a Dutch navigator and explorer best known for his late 16th-century Arctic voyages in search of a Northeast Passage, during which he extensively charted regions around Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen.
- 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 Baffin Triple: [Northwest Passage, exploredBy, William Baffin]
Generated description
William Baffin was a 17th-century English navigator and explorer renowned for his Arctic voyages and detailed mapping of the Canadian Arctic, including the bay that now bears his name.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Baffin Target entity description: William Baffin was a 17th-century English navigator and explorer renowned for his Arctic voyages and detailed mapping of the Canadian Arctic, including the bay that now bears his name.
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A.
Martin Frobisher
Martin Frobisher was a 16th-century English seafarer and privateer best known for his early Arctic voyages in search of a Northwest Passage to Asia.
-
B.
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator of the early 17th century best known for his voyages in search of a northwest passage and for lending his name to the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
-
C.
John Cabot
John Cabot was an Italian-born navigator and explorer, sailing under the English flag, best known for his late 15th-century voyages to North America that helped lay the groundwork for England’s claims in the New World.
-
D.
Robert Bylot
Robert Bylot was a 17th-century English Arctic explorer and navigator known for his key role in early voyages searching for the Northwest Passage.
-
E.
Willem Barentsz
Willem Barentsz was a Dutch navigator and explorer best known for his late 16th-century Arctic voyages in search of a Northeast Passage, during which he extensively charted regions around Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen.
- 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_69a4932941d08190815efd422f0b4ca7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4991b296481908cf27e1d1ec67052 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4fc7dea048190a5a1472825f6d747 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 2:57 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4fcf4f4048190ae7ec93774c292be |
completed | March 2, 2026, 2:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4fd51f2608190b7835e7ba0d78adb |
completed | March 2, 2026, 3 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.