Triple

T6235724
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Geological Survey of California E139472 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object W. H. Dall
W. H. Dall was a prominent 19th-century American naturalist, malacologist, and explorer known for his extensive work on the fauna and geology of Alaska and the North Pacific.
 E602852 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: W. H. Dall | Statement: [Geological Survey of California, employer, W. H. Dall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: W. H. Dall
Context triple: [Geological Survey of California, employer, W. H. Dall]
  • A. Theodore Gill
    Theodore Gill was a 19th-century American ichthyologist and zoologist known for his extensive work in fish classification and taxonomy.
  • B. R. R. Grovey
    R. R. Grovey was the African American plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Grovey v. Townsend, which challenged racially discriminatory primary election practices in Texas.
  • C. Joseph Twichell
    Joseph Twichell was a 19th-century American Congregational minister and close friend and advisor to author Mark Twain.
  • D. G. W. Bailey
    G. W. Bailey is an American character actor best known for his gruff, comedic roles in film and television, including prominent parts in the Police Academy series and the crime drama The Closer.
  • E. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • 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: W. H. Dall
Triple: [Geological Survey of California, employer, W. H. Dall]
Generated description
W. H. Dall was a prominent 19th-century American naturalist, malacologist, and explorer known for his extensive work on the fauna and geology of Alaska and the North Pacific.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: W. H. Dall
Target entity description: W. H. Dall was a prominent 19th-century American naturalist, malacologist, and explorer known for his extensive work on the fauna and geology of Alaska and the North Pacific.
  • A. Theodore Gill
    Theodore Gill was a 19th-century American ichthyologist and zoologist known for his extensive work in fish classification and taxonomy.
  • B. R. R. Grovey
    R. R. Grovey was the African American plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Grovey v. Townsend, which challenged racially discriminatory primary election practices in Texas.
  • C. Joseph Twichell
    Joseph Twichell was a 19th-century American Congregational minister and close friend and advisor to author Mark Twain.
  • D. G. W. Bailey
    G. W. Bailey is an American character actor best known for his gruff, comedic roles in film and television, including prominent parts in the Police Academy series and the crime drama The Closer.
  • E. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • 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_69c008b0e7ac8190808a59573ee646f3 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c062f236608190997e77b41095883f completed March 22, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6d4fdd7288190bb9aef680beb906d completed March 27, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6d622831c8190b09b8539e36afb7c completed March 27, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6d6b00ebc8190b893b3e209bf07c0 completed March 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:23 p.m.