Triple
T17450574
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | J Harlen Bretz |
E424901
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entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | 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: Harlen Bretz | Statement: [J Harlen Bretz, birthName, Harlen Bretz]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harlen Bretz Context triple: [J Harlen Bretz, birthName, 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.
Henry Yesler
Henry Yesler was a pioneering Seattle entrepreneur and politician who built the city’s first steam-powered sawmill and served as one of its early mayors.
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E.
Ernest Groves Wold
Ernest Groves Wold was an early American aviator and World War I flying ace from North Dakota, commemorated by having Fargo’s Wold–Chamberlain Field named in his honor.
- 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.