Triple
T17450584
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | J Harlen Bretz |
E424901
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownFor |
P22
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FINISHED |
| Object | Missoula Floods hypothesis |
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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: Missoula Floods hypothesis | Statement: [J Harlen Bretz, knownFor, Missoula Floods hypothesis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Missoula Floods hypothesis Context triple: [J Harlen Bretz, knownFor, Missoula Floods hypothesis]
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A.
Papers on the Channeled Scablands
"Papers on the Channeled Scablands" is a landmark series of geological studies by J Harlen Bretz that argued for the cataclysmic flood origin of the Channeled Scablands in eastern Washington, fundamentally reshaping understanding of landscape formation.
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B.
Missoula floods
chosen
The Missoula floods were a series of cataclysmic Ice Age glacial outburst floods that repeatedly swept across the Pacific Northwest, dramatically reshaping the landscape of what is now Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
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C.
Channeled Scablands
The Channeled Scablands are a rugged, eroded landscape in eastern Washington carved by cataclysmic Ice Age floods, featuring deep coulees, dry falls, and scoured basalt terrain.
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D.
Bonneville flood
The Bonneville flood was a massive prehistoric outburst flood that occurred when ancient Lake Bonneville catastrophically drained, reshaping much of the Snake River Plain and surrounding landscapes in the northwestern United States.
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E.
Wisconsin glaciation
The Wisconsin glaciation was the last major advance of continental ice sheets in North America during the Pleistocene, profoundly reshaping the continent’s landscapes and drainage systems.
- 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.