Triple
T174468
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | El Niño–Southern Oscillation |
E3546
|
entity |
| Predicate | wasNamedBy |
P3325
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jacob Bjerknes
Jacob Bjerknes was a Norwegian-American meteorologist and physicist renowned for his pioneering work on atmospheric circulation and for elucidating the mechanisms behind the El Niño–Southern Oscillation.
|
E21754
|
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: Jacob Bjerknes | Statement: [El Niño–Southern Oscillation, wasNamedBy, Jacob Bjerknes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob Bjerknes Context triple: [El Niño–Southern Oscillation, wasNamedBy, Jacob Bjerknes]
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A.
Bruce C. Heezen
Bruce C. Heezen was an American geologist and oceanographer renowned for his pioneering work in seafloor mapping and the discovery of extensive mid-ocean ridge systems.
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B.
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian renowned for his Arctic expeditions and pioneering work on behalf of refugees after World War I.
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C.
Alfred Gause
Alfred Gause was a German Wehrmacht general who served as a senior staff officer and field commander during World War II, including in the Mediterranean theater.
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D.
Alexander Friedmann
Alexander Friedmann was a Russian physicist and mathematician who first formulated the expanding-universe solutions to Einstein’s field equations, laying the foundations of modern cosmology.
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E.
Richard C. Tolman
Richard C. Tolman was an American physicist and physical chemist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and cosmology, as well as his scientific advisory roles during World War II.
- 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: Jacob Bjerknes Triple: [El Niño–Southern Oscillation, wasNamedBy, Jacob Bjerknes]
Generated description
Jacob Bjerknes was a Norwegian-American meteorologist and physicist renowned for his pioneering work on atmospheric circulation and for elucidating the mechanisms behind the El Niño–Southern Oscillation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob Bjerknes Target entity description: Jacob Bjerknes was a Norwegian-American meteorologist and physicist renowned for his pioneering work on atmospheric circulation and for elucidating the mechanisms behind the El Niño–Southern Oscillation.
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A.
Bruce C. Heezen
Bruce C. Heezen was an American geologist and oceanographer renowned for his pioneering work in seafloor mapping and the discovery of extensive mid-ocean ridge systems.
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B.
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian renowned for his Arctic expeditions and pioneering work on behalf of refugees after World War I.
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C.
Alfred Gause
Alfred Gause was a German Wehrmacht general who served as a senior staff officer and field commander during World War II, including in the Mediterranean theater.
-
D.
Alexander Friedmann
Alexander Friedmann was a Russian physicist and mathematician who first formulated the expanding-universe solutions to Einstein’s field equations, laying the foundations of modern cosmology.
-
E.
Richard C. Tolman
Richard C. Tolman was an American physicist and physical chemist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and cosmology, as well as his scientific advisory roles during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: wasNamedBy Context triple: [El Niño–Southern Oscillation, wasNamedBy, Jacob Bjerknes]
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A.
eraName
Indicates the named historical or chronological era associated with an entity or time period.
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B.
nameOf
Indicates that one entity is the name or designation of another entity.
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C.
historicallyRecognizedAs
Indicates that an entity has been acknowledged or designated under a particular name, status, or role during a past historical period.
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D.
historicallyBorneBy
Indicates that an entity has carried, possessed, or used another entity (such as a name, title, or symbol) at some point in the past.
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E.
hasNameOrigin
chosen
Indicates that the origin or source of an entity’s name is specified by the related entity.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a25374990081909766d30c79a18e0e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a258e32da88190ad9485aecd0bf08f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2e7e38b8881908c5030f7c9553aff |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2e8f4bc508190bbf7f46ba45a0bfb |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:09 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2e9dfe0ac8190a48809a28fa0c8bd |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:13 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a256689f908190afeb5ee82022a911 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m.