Triple
T8407928
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard Muller |
E198545
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasWritten |
P2831
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes
"Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes" is a scientific work that examines how variations in Earth's orbit and other astronomical factors drive long-term climate change and glacial cycles.
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E179504
|
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: Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes | Statement: [Richard Muller, hasWritten, Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes Context triple: [Richard Muller, hasWritten, Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes]
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A.
Milankovitch cycles
Milankovitch cycles are long-term variations in Earth’s orbit and axial tilt that drive natural climate fluctuations, including the timing of ice ages.
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B.
Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis proposes that a comet or asteroid impact around 12,800 years ago triggered abrupt climate cooling, widespread wildfires, and megafaunal extinctions at the onset of the Younger Dryas period.
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C.
Snowball Earth glaciations
Snowball Earth glaciations were extreme global-scale ice ages in the Precambrian when ice sheets may have covered most or all of Earth’s surface for millions of years.
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D.
The Age of the Earth
The Age of the Earth is a landmark 20th-century geology book that helped establish modern estimates of Earth’s age using radiometric dating methods.
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E.
Milanković calendar
The Milanković calendar is a 20th-century reform of the Julian calendar, designed by Serbian scientist Milutin Milanković to more accurately align the civil year with the solar year and used by some Eastern Orthodox churches.
- 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: Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes Triple: [Richard Muller, hasWritten, Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes]
Generated description
"Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes" is a scientific work that examines how variations in Earth's orbit and other astronomical factors drive long-term climate change and glacial cycles.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes Target entity description: "Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes" is a scientific work that examines how variations in Earth's orbit and other astronomical factors drive long-term climate change and glacial cycles.
-
A.
Milankovitch cycles
chosen
Milankovitch cycles are long-term variations in Earth’s orbit and axial tilt that drive natural climate fluctuations, including the timing of ice ages.
-
B.
Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis proposes that a comet or asteroid impact around 12,800 years ago triggered abrupt climate cooling, widespread wildfires, and megafaunal extinctions at the onset of the Younger Dryas period.
-
C.
Snowball Earth glaciations
Snowball Earth glaciations were extreme global-scale ice ages in the Precambrian when ice sheets may have covered most or all of Earth’s surface for millions of years.
-
D.
The Age of the Earth
The Age of the Earth is a landmark 20th-century geology book that helped establish modern estimates of Earth’s age using radiometric dating methods.
-
E.
Milanković calendar
The Milanković calendar is a 20th-century reform of the Julian calendar, designed by Serbian scientist Milutin Milanković to more accurately align the civil year with the solar year and used by some Eastern Orthodox churches.
- F. None of above.
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_69ca8310df9c8190b25f16161cca3e41 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb8315a8a8819097f6da11b909b527 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:17 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce1d34214481908503c662eb060ff7 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce1fb008988190ae8e148cd937f5c4 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce205313fc8190863dbc6c904ef1af |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:05 p.m.