Triple
T10156969
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wilfred Thesiger |
E233798
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
crossing of the Rub' al Khali
The crossing of the Rub' al Khali refers to Wilfred Thesiger’s legendary mid-20th-century explorations across the vast Empty Quarter desert of the Arabian Peninsula, documented in his classic travel book "Arabian Sands."
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E845048
|
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: crossing of the Rub' al Khali | Statement: [Wilfred Thesiger, knownFor, crossing of the Rub' al Khali]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: crossing of the Rub' al Khali Context triple: [Wilfred Thesiger, knownFor, crossing of the Rub' al Khali]
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A.
The Desert
"The Desert" is a luminous 19th-century landscape painting by American artist Sanford Robinson Gifford, exemplifying the Hudson River School’s atmospheric treatment of light and expansive natural vistas.
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B.
Scetes desert
The Scetes desert is an early Christian monastic center in Egypt’s Western Desert, renowned as one of the birthplaces of Christian monasticism and home to several ancient monasteries.
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C.
Marathon des Sables
The Marathon des Sables is an ultramarathon held in the Sahara Desert, renowned as one of the toughest foot races on Earth due to its multi-day, self-supported format in extreme heat and terrain.
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D.
Wilderness of Beersheba
The Wilderness of Beersheba is a desert region in the southern part of ancient Israel, associated in the Bible with Hagar and Ishmael’s wandering and divine encounter.
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E.
Moreh–Tamu crossing
The Moreh–Tamu crossing is a key land border checkpoint between India and Myanmar that serves as a major hub for bilateral trade and regional connectivity in Southeast Asia.
- 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: crossing of the Rub' al Khali Triple: [Wilfred Thesiger, knownFor, crossing of the Rub' al Khali]
Generated description
The crossing of the Rub' al Khali refers to Wilfred Thesiger’s legendary mid-20th-century explorations across the vast Empty Quarter desert of the Arabian Peninsula, documented in his classic travel book "Arabian Sands."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: crossing of the Rub' al Khali Target entity description: The crossing of the Rub' al Khali refers to Wilfred Thesiger’s legendary mid-20th-century explorations across the vast Empty Quarter desert of the Arabian Peninsula, documented in his classic travel book "Arabian Sands."
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A.
The Desert
"The Desert" is a luminous 19th-century landscape painting by American artist Sanford Robinson Gifford, exemplifying the Hudson River School’s atmospheric treatment of light and expansive natural vistas.
-
B.
Scetes desert
The Scetes desert is an early Christian monastic center in Egypt’s Western Desert, renowned as one of the birthplaces of Christian monasticism and home to several ancient monasteries.
-
C.
Marathon des Sables
The Marathon des Sables is an ultramarathon held in the Sahara Desert, renowned as one of the toughest foot races on Earth due to its multi-day, self-supported format in extreme heat and terrain.
-
D.
Wilderness of Beersheba
The Wilderness of Beersheba is a desert region in the southern part of ancient Israel, associated in the Bible with Hagar and Ishmael’s wandering and divine encounter.
-
E.
Moreh–Tamu crossing
The Moreh–Tamu crossing is a key land border checkpoint between India and Myanmar that serves as a major hub for bilateral trade and regional connectivity in Southeast Asia.
- 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_69ca848e80748190b91d1e04d35512c7 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdec3c47dc81909679903e6024eb49 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d300acae608190891d8f55c3d5102b |
completed | April 6, 2026, 12:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d302537a548190b211727dd124cba6 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d3033245448190bcc802b7dbd274fc |
completed | April 6, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:09 p.m.