Triple

T14461885
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject second overland expedition to the Arctic (1825–1827) E358601 entity
Predicate member P10 FINISHED
Object George Back
George Back was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer renowned for his extensive surveying and mapping of northern Canada during multiple 19th-century expeditions.
E1100973 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: George Back | Statement: [second overland expedition to the Arctic (1825–1827), member, George Back]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Back
Context triple: [second overland expedition to the Arctic (1825–1827), member, George Back]
  • A. Sir John Rae
    Sir John Rae was a 19th-century Scottish Arctic explorer and surgeon renowned for his overland expeditions in northern Canada and for uncovering crucial evidence about the fate of the lost Franklin expedition.
  • B. Edward Bransfield
    Edward Bransfield was a 19th-century Irish-born British naval officer and explorer noted for his early charting and exploration of the Antarctic region.
  • C. Robert Bylot
    Robert Bylot was a 17th-century English Arctic explorer and navigator known for his key role in early voyages searching for the Northwest Passage.
  • D. James Clark Ross
    James Clark Ross was a 19th-century British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer renowned for his Antarctic and Arctic expeditions, including the discovery of the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf.
  • E. James Nares
    James Nares was an 18th-century English composer and organist best known for his church music and service as a prominent royal chapel musician.
  • 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: George Back
Triple: [second overland expedition to the Arctic (1825–1827), member, George Back]
Generated description
George Back was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer renowned for his extensive surveying and mapping of northern Canada during multiple 19th-century expeditions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Back
Target entity description: George Back was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer renowned for his extensive surveying and mapping of northern Canada during multiple 19th-century expeditions.
  • A. Sir John Rae
    Sir John Rae was a 19th-century Scottish Arctic explorer and surgeon renowned for his overland expeditions in northern Canada and for uncovering crucial evidence about the fate of the lost Franklin expedition.
  • B. Edward Bransfield
    Edward Bransfield was a 19th-century Irish-born British naval officer and explorer noted for his early charting and exploration of the Antarctic region.
  • C. Robert Bylot
    Robert Bylot was a 17th-century English Arctic explorer and navigator known for his key role in early voyages searching for the Northwest Passage.
  • D. James Clark Ross
    James Clark Ross was a 19th-century British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer renowned for his Antarctic and Arctic expeditions, including the discovery of the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf.
  • E. James Nares
    James Nares was an 18th-century English composer and organist best known for his church music and service as a prominent royal chapel musician.
  • 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_69d82794dfa081909b9134ad2e32244b completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de91abc1008190a19de4f8f0112c9d completed April 14, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd6495660081908ab9db11939e74f7 completed May 8, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd65f9f5d88190997c76ba98859471 completed May 8, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd66a62da081908226d85d968dbbe6 completed May 8, 2026, 4:29 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:19 a.m.