Triple

T1833176
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vinson Massif E41004 entity
Predicate firstAscenders P1321 FINISHED
Object Nicholas Clinch
Nicholas Clinch was an American mountaineer and expedition leader best known for leading the first ascent of Antarctica’s highest peak, Vinson Massif.
E217214 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: Nicholas Clinch | Statement: [Vinson Massif, firstAscenders, Nicholas Clinch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Clinch
Context triple: [Vinson Massif, firstAscenders, Nicholas Clinch]
  • A. Duncan L. Clinch
    Duncan L. Clinch was a United States Army officer and frontier commander best known for his prominent role in early 19th-century conflicts with Native American tribes, particularly in Florida.
  • B. Robert Jenkins
    Robert Jenkins was an 18th-century British sea captain whose alleged mutilation by Spanish coast guards became the pretext for the War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain.
  • C. Charles McEvers Jr.
    Charles McEvers Jr. was an early American financier and broker who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
  • D. William D. Moseley
    William D. Moseley was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Florida after it achieved statehood in 1845.
  • E. Randall Woodfin
    Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
  • 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: Nicholas Clinch
Triple: [Vinson Massif, firstAscenders, Nicholas Clinch]
Generated description
Nicholas Clinch was an American mountaineer and expedition leader best known for leading the first ascent of Antarctica’s highest peak, Vinson Massif.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Clinch
Target entity description: Nicholas Clinch was an American mountaineer and expedition leader best known for leading the first ascent of Antarctica’s highest peak, Vinson Massif.
  • A. Duncan L. Clinch
    Duncan L. Clinch was a United States Army officer and frontier commander best known for his prominent role in early 19th-century conflicts with Native American tribes, particularly in Florida.
  • B. Robert Jenkins
    Robert Jenkins was an 18th-century British sea captain whose alleged mutilation by Spanish coast guards became the pretext for the War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain.
  • C. Charles McEvers Jr.
    Charles McEvers Jr. was an early American financier and broker who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
  • D. William D. Moseley
    William D. Moseley was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Florida after it achieved statehood in 1845.
  • E. Randall Woodfin
    Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstAscenders
Context triple: [Vinson Massif, firstAscenders, Nicholas Clinch]
  • A. firstAscent
    Indicates that an entity represents the earliest known successful ascent or climb of a particular route, peak, or feature.
  • B. firstAscentBy chosen
    Indicates the person or party that first successfully ascended or climbed a particular route, peak, or feature.
  • C. firstAscentStyle
    Indicates the style or manner in which the first successful ascent of a route or peak was carried out.
  • D. firstWinterAscentBy
    Indicates that the subject was first successfully climbed in winter conditions by the specified person or party.
  • E. notableFreeAscentBy
    Indicates that a particular free ascent (a climb done without aid for upward progress) is notably associated with or attributed to a specific climber or party.
  • 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_69a88647f9388190909bc36e795bdaec completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb32d35508190bf1c487dffbecaf0 completed March 7, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf3c39a448190923588d9c07313e1 completed March 8, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf598ee5c819081549042859e076f completed March 8, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf6a6cc18819092a4e6535ce1376c completed March 8, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abafd88ebc81908208394746351fe6 completed March 7, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.