Triple
T1432993
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | West Antarctica |
E30491
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasIceSheet |
P28447
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FINISHED |
| Object |
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is a massive, marine-based ice sheet in Antarctica that plays a critical role in global sea-level rise due to its vulnerability to rapid melting and collapse.
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E30491
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NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: West Antarctic Ice Sheet | Statement: [West Antarctica, hasIceSheet, West Antarctic Ice Sheet]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Antarctic Ice Sheet Context triple: [West Antarctica, hasIceSheet, West Antarctic Ice Sheet]
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A.
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, fringing the southern Weddell Sea and playing a key role in the region’s glaciology and ocean circulation.
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B.
West Antarctica
West Antarctica is the portion of the Antarctic continent lying mostly west of the Transantarctic Mountains, known for its marine-based ice sheet that is particularly vulnerable to climate change and potential sea-level rise.
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C.
Larsen Ice Shelf
The Larsen Ice Shelf is a large Antarctic ice shelf fringing the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, known for its dramatic partial collapses that have highlighted the impacts of climate change.
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D.
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the world’s largest ice shelf, a vast floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet that plays a key role in buttressing inland glaciers and influencing global sea-level stability.
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E.
Pine Island Glacier
Pine Island Glacier is one of Antarctica’s largest and fastest-melting glaciers, a major contributor to global sea-level rise located in West Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea sector.
- 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: West Antarctic Ice Sheet Triple: [West Antarctica, hasIceSheet, West Antarctic Ice Sheet]
Generated description
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is a massive, marine-based ice sheet in Antarctica that plays a critical role in global sea-level rise due to its vulnerability to rapid melting and collapse.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Antarctic Ice Sheet Target entity description: The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is a massive, marine-based ice sheet in Antarctica that plays a critical role in global sea-level rise due to its vulnerability to rapid melting and collapse.
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A.
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, fringing the southern Weddell Sea and playing a key role in the region’s glaciology and ocean circulation.
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B.
West Antarctica
chosen
West Antarctica is the portion of the Antarctic continent lying mostly west of the Transantarctic Mountains, known for its marine-based ice sheet that is particularly vulnerable to climate change and potential sea-level rise.
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C.
Larsen Ice Shelf
The Larsen Ice Shelf is a large Antarctic ice shelf fringing the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, known for its dramatic partial collapses that have highlighted the impacts of climate change.
-
D.
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the world’s largest ice shelf, a vast floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet that plays a key role in buttressing inland glaciers and influencing global sea-level stability.
-
E.
Pine Island Glacier
Pine Island Glacier is one of Antarctica’s largest and fastest-melting glaciers, a major contributor to global sea-level rise located in West Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea sector.
- F. None of above.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasIceSheet Context triple: [West Antarctica, hasIceSheet, West Antarctic Ice Sheet]
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A.
hasSeaIce
Indicates that one entity possesses, contains, or is covered by sea ice in relation to another context or location.
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B.
hasGlacier
Indicates that one entity possesses, contains, or is characterized by the presence of a glacier.
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C.
hasIcebergs
Indicates that one entity (typically a body of water or region) contains or is characterized by the presence of icebergs.
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D.
hasWaterIce
Indicates that one entity contains, possesses, or is characterized by the presence of water in solid (ice) form.
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E.
hasIceShelf
Indicates that a glacier, ice sheet, or coastline possesses an attached floating extension of ice known as an ice shelf.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69a498fc69ec8190b61722bd4b67c4d2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c500a9888190a16fbb1ec97a79c9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad293cb8f0819085bea7914abf0683 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad2a3deb488190a09c23c0e5b419e6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad2a9e50888190bab83785f11135ea |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:51 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4c4771c9481908ae47c959debbe77 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:57 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69a4c4feea448190b2b5071b28a5b608 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.