Triple
T12703890
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel |
E303529
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Clarence King |
E631839
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Clarence King | Statement: [U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, commander, Clarence King]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence King Context triple: [U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, commander, Clarence King]
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A.
Clarence King
chosen
Clarence King was a 19th-century American geologist, explorer, and the first director of the United States Geological Survey, renowned for his pioneering surveys of the American West.
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B.
George M. Dawson
George M. Dawson was a Canadian geologist and surveyor whose exploratory work in the Yukon and western Canada led to several places, including Dawson City, being named in his honor.
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C.
Oliver Bascom
Oliver Bascom was a 19th-century American politician who served as a New York State Canal Commissioner, helping oversee the administration and development of the state's canal system.
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D.
George Nicholas Bascom
George Nicholas Bascom was a U.S. Army officer whose role in a pivotal 1861 confrontation with the Apache leader Cochise made him a notable, if controversial, figure in the early Apache Wars.
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E.
Matthew Meigs
Matthew Meigs was an American educator and Presbyterian minister best known for establishing The Hill School, a prominent preparatory boarding school in Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d7bdef90d48190b46b88270e780946 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d961f1adec8190a53c80e9556b3fe0 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f68eafd4f8819083f20d142e9115ae |
completed | May 2, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:23 p.m.