Triple
T1840227
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ekman transport |
E41160
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Vagn Walfrid Ekman
Vagn Walfrid Ekman was a Swedish oceanographer and physicist renowned for his pioneering work on the dynamics of ocean currents and the influence of Earth's rotation on fluid motion.
|
E206890
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Vagn Walfrid Ekman | Statement: [Ekman transport, namedAfter, Vagn Walfrid Ekman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vagn Walfrid Ekman Context triple: [Ekman transport, namedAfter, Vagn Walfrid Ekman]
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A.
Otto Sverdrup
Otto Sverdrup was a Norwegian Arctic explorer and sea captain best known for leading major polar expeditions and commanding the ship Fram.
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B.
Vilhelm Bjerknes
Vilhelm Bjerknes was a pioneering Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who laid the foundations of modern weather forecasting through his work on atmospheric dynamics and the Bergen School of Meteorology.
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C.
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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D.
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld was a Finnish-Swedish Arctic explorer and geologist best known for leading the Vega expedition that achieved the first complete navigation of the Northeast Passage.
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E.
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.
- 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: Vagn Walfrid Ekman Triple: [Ekman transport, namedAfter, Vagn Walfrid Ekman]
Generated description
Vagn Walfrid Ekman was a Swedish oceanographer and physicist renowned for his pioneering work on the dynamics of ocean currents and the influence of Earth's rotation on fluid motion.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vagn Walfrid Ekman Target entity description: Vagn Walfrid Ekman was a Swedish oceanographer and physicist renowned for his pioneering work on the dynamics of ocean currents and the influence of Earth's rotation on fluid motion.
-
A.
Otto Sverdrup
Otto Sverdrup was a Norwegian Arctic explorer and sea captain best known for leading major polar expeditions and commanding the ship Fram.
-
B.
Vilhelm Bjerknes
Vilhelm Bjerknes was a pioneering Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who laid the foundations of modern weather forecasting through his work on atmospheric dynamics and the Bergen School of Meteorology.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld was a Finnish-Swedish Arctic explorer and geologist best known for leading the Vega expedition that achieved the first complete navigation of the Northeast Passage.
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69abb03b3eb08190ae68d8476fc89c7f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adc9bb92a88190a00b102d3be0383c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adcaf078a0819082c4bb48a3820ada |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adce8a68848190ab56f5df7311dbca |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.