Triple

T1239057
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wollaston Medal E26615 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Dan Peter McKenzie
Dan Peter McKenzie is a British geophysicist renowned as one of the founders of plate tectonic theory and a leading figure in solid Earth geophysics.
 E153261 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: Dan Peter McKenzie | Statement: [Wollaston Medal, notableRecipient, Dan Peter McKenzie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dan Peter McKenzie
Context triple: [Wollaston Medal, notableRecipient, Dan Peter McKenzie]
  • A. Donald Meek
    Donald Meek was a Scottish-born American character actor known for his distinctive, mild-mannered roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. Jim Harris
    Jim Harris is a technology executive best known as one of the founders of the computer company Compaq.
  • C. Jeff Sharp
    Jeff Sharp is a film producer known for his work on independent and literary adaptation projects in American cinema.
  • D. Tim McClelland
    Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
  • E. John Hirschbeck
    John Hirschbeck is a former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the league for decades and officiated multiple World Series.
  • 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: Dan Peter McKenzie
Triple: [Wollaston Medal, notableRecipient, Dan Peter McKenzie]
Generated description
Dan Peter McKenzie is a British geophysicist renowned as one of the founders of plate tectonic theory and a leading figure in solid Earth geophysics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dan Peter McKenzie
Target entity description: Dan Peter McKenzie is a British geophysicist renowned as one of the founders of plate tectonic theory and a leading figure in solid Earth geophysics.
  • A. Donald Meek
    Donald Meek was a Scottish-born American character actor known for his distinctive, mild-mannered roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. Jim Harris
    Jim Harris is a technology executive best known as one of the founders of the computer company Compaq.
  • C. Jeff Sharp
    Jeff Sharp is a film producer known for his work on independent and literary adaptation projects in American cinema.
  • D. Tim McClelland
    Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
  • E. John Hirschbeck
    John Hirschbeck is a former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the league for decades and officiated multiple World Series.
  • 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_69a4948689d08190b3a4a3f388c02148 completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bf406b988190a12aa26bbcb88d6a completed March 1, 2026, 10:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acc61b45748190a12e1aec029b76df completed March 8, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acc697fdc8819081b8e06981417064 completed March 8, 2026, 12:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acc722d8608190acbef82f180b75d1 completed March 8, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.