Triple

T553661
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northwest Passage E11895 entity
Predicate exploredBy P1562 FINISHED
Object Robert McClure
Robert McClure was a 19th-century Irish explorer and Royal Navy officer best known for leading the expedition that first traversed the Northwest Passage.
 E74550 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: Robert McClure | Statement: [Northwest Passage, exploredBy, Robert McClure]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert McClure
Context triple: [Northwest Passage, exploredBy, Robert McClure]
  • A. Spencer Rivers
    Spencer Rivers is the son of American sportscaster and former NBA player Doc Rivers.
  • B. Andrew Cunningham
    Andrew Cunningham was a prominent British Royal Navy admiral of World War II, noted for his leadership in major Mediterranean campaigns and his role in Allied amphibious operations.
  • C. John Franklin
    John Franklin was a 19th-century British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer best known for his ill-fated expedition to chart the Northwest Passage.
  • D. George Vancouver
    George Vancouver was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his detailed surveys of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Robert McClure
Triple: [Northwest Passage, exploredBy, Robert McClure]
Generated description
Robert McClure was a 19th-century Irish explorer and Royal Navy officer best known for leading the expedition that first traversed the Northwest Passage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert McClure
Target entity description: Robert McClure was a 19th-century Irish explorer and Royal Navy officer best known for leading the expedition that first traversed the Northwest Passage.
  • A. Spencer Rivers
    Spencer Rivers is the son of American sportscaster and former NBA player Doc Rivers.
  • B. Andrew Cunningham
    Andrew Cunningham was a prominent British Royal Navy admiral of World War II, noted for his leadership in major Mediterranean campaigns and his role in Allied amphibious operations.
  • C. John Franklin
    John Franklin was a 19th-century British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer best known for his ill-fated expedition to chart the Northwest Passage.
  • D. George Vancouver
    George Vancouver was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his detailed surveys of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a518c214088190963746dcb402b0b1 completed March 2, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a51b28a9f48190a940b7fb02ace212 completed March 2, 2026, 5:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a51b8bd650819094832c3bbdf02cf0 completed March 2, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.