Triple

T20063670
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Timothy H. O'Sullivan E499550 entity
Predicate memberOf P10 FINISHED
Object United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel — 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: United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel | Statement: [Timothy H. O'Sullivan, memberOf, United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
Context triple: [Timothy H. O'Sullivan, memberOf, United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel]
  • A. U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel chosen
    The U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel was a major 19th-century American scientific survey that mapped and studied the geology and natural resources along the 40th parallel in the western United States.
  • B. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region
    The U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region was a 19th-century federal scientific survey that conducted pioneering geological and topographical investigations across the Rocky Mountains in the American West.
  • C. Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California
    Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California is an influential 19th-century account of U.S. western exploration that helped shape American understanding and interest in the Far West.
  • D. Powell Geographic Expedition
    The Powell Geographic Expedition was a pioneering 19th-century American exploration led by John Wesley Powell that conducted the first scientific surveys and navigations of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.
  • E. Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters
    The Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters was an 1859–1860 U.S. Army topographical survey that produced some of the earliest detailed scientific and geographic information about the northern Rocky Mountains and the Yellowstone region.
  • 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_69da6276bcf48190aabbf279192a5fb4 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66377b6b48190a0a37279f285123e completed April 20, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 3:39 p.m.