Triple

T11167048
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Bowie Medal E264185 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Wallace S. Broecker
Wallace S. Broecker was an influential American geochemist and climate scientist renowned for pioneering research on the global carbon cycle and popularizing the term "global warming."
E909682 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: Wallace S. Broecker | Statement: [William Bowie Medal, notableRecipient, Wallace S. Broecker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wallace S. Broecker
Context triple: [William Bowie Medal, notableRecipient, Wallace S. Broecker]
  • A. Roger Revelle
    Roger Revelle was an American oceanographer and climate scientist whose pioneering research on the carbon cycle helped establish the modern understanding of global warming.
  • B. Carl Wunsch
    Carl Wunsch is an American physical oceanographer renowned for his pioneering work in ocean circulation, climate dynamics, and the use of inverse methods in geophysical research.
  • C. James R. Hansen
    James R. Hansen is an American historian and author best known for writing the authorized biography of astronaut Neil Armstrong.
  • D. Stephen R. Carpenter
    Stephen R. Carpenter is an American ecologist renowned for his pioneering research on freshwater ecosystems, lake eutrophication, and resilience in social-ecological systems.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Wallace S. Broecker
Triple: [William Bowie Medal, notableRecipient, Wallace S. Broecker]
Generated description
Wallace S. Broecker was an influential American geochemist and climate scientist renowned for pioneering research on the global carbon cycle and popularizing the term "global warming."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wallace S. Broecker
Target entity description: Wallace S. Broecker was an influential American geochemist and climate scientist renowned for pioneering research on the global carbon cycle and popularizing the term "global warming."
  • A. Roger Revelle
    Roger Revelle was an American oceanographer and climate scientist whose pioneering research on the carbon cycle helped establish the modern understanding of global warming.
  • B. Carl Wunsch
    Carl Wunsch is an American physical oceanographer renowned for his pioneering work in ocean circulation, climate dynamics, and the use of inverse methods in geophysical research.
  • C. James R. Hansen
    James R. Hansen is an American historian and author best known for writing the authorized biography of astronaut Neil Armstrong.
  • D. Stephen R. Carpenter
    Stephen R. Carpenter is an American ecologist renowned for his pioneering research on freshwater ecosystems, lake eutrophication, and resilience in social-ecological systems.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69e483747ba88190aa6ef9df2545b18b completed April 19, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e485f46f0c81908dbe5b47322ab7b7 completed April 19, 2026, 7:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4878dd95c81908ceaf91ee46f49c1 completed April 19, 2026, 7:43 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.