Triple
T11167038
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Bowie Medal |
E264185
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter Munk
Walter Munk was a pioneering American oceanographer renowned for his groundbreaking work on ocean waves, tides, and ocean circulation, earning him the nickname "the Einstein of the oceans."
|
E908717
|
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: Walter Munk | Statement: [William Bowie Medal, notableRecipient, Walter Munk]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Munk Context triple: [William Bowie Medal, notableRecipient, Walter Munk]
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A.
Maurice Ewing
Maurice Ewing was a pioneering American geophysicist and oceanographer whose work in marine seismology and underwater acoustics fundamentally advanced the understanding of the Earth's crust and ocean basins.
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B.
Don Walsh
Don Walsh is an American oceanographer and former U.S. Navy officer best known for co-piloting the bathyscaphe Trieste on the first crewed descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960.
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C.
Andrew E. Dolphin
Andrew E. Dolphin is an astronomer known for his work on nearby galaxies and stellar populations, including the discovery of the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Andromeda X.
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D.
Alan B. Whiting
Alan B. Whiting is an astronomer known for his work on dwarf spheroidal galaxies, including the discovery of the Andromeda VI satellite galaxy of Andromeda.
-
E.
Harold Bruce Welch
Harold Bruce Welch was an American businessman and the father of former First Lady Laura Bush.
- 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: Walter Munk Triple: [William Bowie Medal, notableRecipient, Walter Munk]
Generated description
Walter Munk was a pioneering American oceanographer renowned for his groundbreaking work on ocean waves, tides, and ocean circulation, earning him the nickname "the Einstein of the oceans."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Munk Target entity description: Walter Munk was a pioneering American oceanographer renowned for his groundbreaking work on ocean waves, tides, and ocean circulation, earning him the nickname "the Einstein of the oceans."
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A.
Maurice Ewing
Maurice Ewing was a pioneering American geophysicist and oceanographer whose work in marine seismology and underwater acoustics fundamentally advanced the understanding of the Earth's crust and ocean basins.
-
B.
Don Walsh
Don Walsh is an American oceanographer and former U.S. Navy officer best known for co-piloting the bathyscaphe Trieste on the first crewed descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960.
-
C.
Andrew E. Dolphin
Andrew E. Dolphin is an astronomer known for his work on nearby galaxies and stellar populations, including the discovery of the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Andromeda X.
-
D.
Alan B. Whiting
Alan B. Whiting is an astronomer known for his work on dwarf spheroidal galaxies, including the discovery of the Andromeda VI satellite galaxy of Andromeda.
-
E.
Harold Bruce Welch
Harold Bruce Welch was an American businessman and the father of former First Lady Laura Bush.
- 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_69d6aa9dafac8190bd90d2c74f661aa7 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e88843cc81909e503f0921c6d297 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e463945e40819087c6bdbc322a6d54 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e46c37efec81908aa709587c37569d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e47292cdd08190b05c4c8b09f4f918 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.