Triple

T6235725
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Geological Survey of California E139472 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object Whitney Survey field parties
Whitney Survey field parties were the teams of geologists and assistants who conducted the on-the-ground mapping, sampling, and exploration work for the Geological Survey of California in the 19th century.
E577951 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: Whitney Survey field parties | Statement: [Geological Survey of California, hasPart, Whitney Survey field parties]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whitney Survey field parties
Context triple: [Geological Survey of California, hasPart, Whitney Survey field parties]
  • A. Hayden Survey party
    The Hayden Survey party was a 19th-century U.S. geological and topographical exploration team led by Ferdinand V. Hayden that conducted pioneering surveys of the American West.
  • B. United States Army surveyors
    United States Army surveyors were military engineers and cartographers responsible for mapping, measuring, and documenting terrain across the United States, particularly during the 19th century.
  • C. Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center
    The Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center is a research institute at the University of Wyoming that specializes in survey research, data collection, and policy analysis for public and private clients.
  • D. U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
    The U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel was a major 19th-century American scientific survey that mapped and studied the geology and natural resources along the 40th parallel in the western United States.
  • E. Office of Survey Programs
    The Office of Survey Programs is a division within the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics responsible for designing, conducting, and managing national transportation-related surveys and data collection efforts.
  • 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: Whitney Survey field parties
Triple: [Geological Survey of California, hasPart, Whitney Survey field parties]
Generated description
Whitney Survey field parties were the teams of geologists and assistants who conducted the on-the-ground mapping, sampling, and exploration work for the Geological Survey of California in the 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whitney Survey field parties
Target entity description: Whitney Survey field parties were the teams of geologists and assistants who conducted the on-the-ground mapping, sampling, and exploration work for the Geological Survey of California in the 19th century.
  • A. Hayden Survey party
    The Hayden Survey party was a 19th-century U.S. geological and topographical exploration team led by Ferdinand V. Hayden that conducted pioneering surveys of the American West.
  • B. United States Army surveyors
    United States Army surveyors were military engineers and cartographers responsible for mapping, measuring, and documenting terrain across the United States, particularly during the 19th century.
  • C. Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center
    The Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center is a research institute at the University of Wyoming that specializes in survey research, data collection, and policy analysis for public and private clients.
  • D. U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
    The U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel was a major 19th-century American scientific survey that mapped and studied the geology and natural resources along the 40th parallel in the western United States.
  • E. Office of Survey Programs
    The Office of Survey Programs is a division within the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics responsible for designing, conducting, and managing national transportation-related surveys and data collection efforts.
  • 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_69c20df60e488190933b7fa068e96cc4 completed March 24, 2026, 4:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c2138258c88190a953345a34ba70ed completed March 24, 2026, 4:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c21434d18c81909b5921db80090e8e completed March 24, 2026, 4:33 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:23 p.m.