Triple

T2041743
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cullum Geographical Medal E44759 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object 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.
E228094 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: William Morris Davis | Statement: [Cullum Geographical Medal, notableRecipient, William Morris Davis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Morris Davis
Context triple: [Cullum Geographical Medal, notableRecipient, William Morris Davis]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Norman L. Bowen
    Norman L. Bowen was a pioneering 20th-century petrologist best known for formulating Bowen’s reaction series, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of igneous rock formation.
  • C. Frank Marshall Davis
    Frank Marshall Davis was an African American poet, journalist, and political activist whose work explored race, class, and social justice in mid-20th-century America.
  • D. James Dwight Dana
    James Dwight Dana was a prominent 19th-century American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist known for his influential works on volcanic activity, mountain-building, and systematic mineral classification.
  • E. Donald W. Loveland
    Donald W. Loveland is a logician and computer scientist known for his influential contributions to automated theorem proving and logic in computer science.
  • 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: William Morris Davis
Triple: [Cullum Geographical Medal, notableRecipient, William Morris Davis]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Morris Davis
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Norman L. Bowen
    Norman L. Bowen was a pioneering 20th-century petrologist best known for formulating Bowen’s reaction series, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of igneous rock formation.
  • C. Frank Marshall Davis
    Frank Marshall Davis was an African American poet, journalist, and political activist whose work explored race, class, and social justice in mid-20th-century America.
  • D. James Dwight Dana
    James Dwight Dana was a prominent 19th-century American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist known for his influential works on volcanic activity, mountain-building, and systematic mineral classification.
  • E. Donald W. Loveland
    Donald W. Loveland is a logician and computer scientist known for his influential contributions to automated theorem proving and logic in computer science.
  • 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_69a889159ec481908f9e4472d9f480c7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb95587348190bb5719faeaf0aa5d completed March 7, 2026, 5:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae1ffbbf948190a89932013b463f85 completed March 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae20946a288190a3bd2a19e3608e86 completed March 9, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae2109d17c819094a298a822064052 completed March 9, 2026, 1:23 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.