Triple
T17450573
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | J Harlen Bretz |
E424901
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object | J Harlen Bretz |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: J Harlen Bretz | Statement: [J Harlen Bretz, name, J Harlen Bretz]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J Harlen Bretz Context triple: [J Harlen Bretz, name, J Harlen Bretz]
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A.
J Harlen Bretz
chosen
J Harlen Bretz was an American geologist best known for his controversial and later vindicated theory that cataclysmic floods shaped the Channeled Scablands of the Pacific Northwest.
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B.
Grove Karl Gilbert
Grove Karl Gilbert was a pioneering American geologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his foundational work in geomorphology and studies of the western United States.
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C.
William Morris Davis
William Morris Davis was an influential American geographer and geologist, often called the "father of American geography" for his pioneering work in geomorphology and landscape evolution.
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D.
Norman L. Bowen
Norman L. Bowen was a pioneering 20th-century petrologist best known for formulating Bowen’s reaction series, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of igneous rock formation.
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E.
John Cook Wilson
John Cook Wilson was a prominent British philosopher and logician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his influential work in epistemology and his leadership in the Oxford realist tradition.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d889db0ba481908402409af3b37917 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4513d00f48190802a3bdc8c8f4db5 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:47 a.m.