Triple

T2608865
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sauer E58726 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Carl O. Sauer
Carl O. Sauer was an influential American geographer known for shaping cultural geography through his work on human–environment interactions and the concept of the cultural landscape.
E282482 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: Carl O. Sauer | Statement: [Sauer, hasNotableBearer, Carl O. Sauer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl O. Sauer
Context triple: [Sauer, hasNotableBearer, Carl O. Sauer]
  • A. Julian Steward
    Julian Steward was an American anthropologist best known for developing the theory of cultural ecology, which examined how cultures adapt to their environments.
  • B. Alfred L. Kroeber
    Alfred L. Kroeber was a pioneering American anthropologist known for his influential work on Native American cultures, linguistic anthropology, and the development of cultural anthropology in the United States.
  • C. Alfred Marston Tozzer
    Alfred Marston Tozzer was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering work on Mayan civilization and his long association with Harvard University.
  • D. Robert H. Lowie
    Robert H. Lowie was a prominent early 20th-century American anthropologist known for his influential studies of Native American cultures and his contributions to cultural anthropology theory.
  • E. Paul Schuster Taylor
    Paul Schuster Taylor was an American economist and social scientist known for his pioneering studies of migrant farmworkers and his collaborative documentary work with photographer Dorothea Lange during the Great Depression.
  • 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: Carl O. Sauer
Triple: [Sauer, hasNotableBearer, Carl O. Sauer]
Generated description
Carl O. Sauer was an influential American geographer known for shaping cultural geography through his work on human–environment interactions and the concept of the cultural landscape.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl O. Sauer
Target entity description: Carl O. Sauer was an influential American geographer known for shaping cultural geography through his work on human–environment interactions and the concept of the cultural landscape.
  • A. Julian Steward
    Julian Steward was an American anthropologist best known for developing the theory of cultural ecology, which examined how cultures adapt to their environments.
  • B. Alfred L. Kroeber
    Alfred L. Kroeber was a pioneering American anthropologist known for his influential work on Native American cultures, linguistic anthropology, and the development of cultural anthropology in the United States.
  • C. Alfred Marston Tozzer
    Alfred Marston Tozzer was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering work on Mayan civilization and his long association with Harvard University.
  • D. Robert H. Lowie
    Robert H. Lowie was a prominent early 20th-century American anthropologist known for his influential studies of Native American cultures and his contributions to cultural anthropology theory.
  • E. Paul Schuster Taylor
    Paul Schuster Taylor was an American economist and social scientist known for his pioneering studies of migrant farmworkers and his collaborative documentary work with photographer Dorothea Lange during the Great Depression.
  • 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_69ab4ac3523881909679750c9f8c2dec completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd868acc481909444c99a621cdbec completed March 7, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af83e1efb88190b79c2c6ac0e87647 completed March 10, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af84a15b5c8190bb68b6ff313adb6c completed March 10, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af85aa5f548190a4ce1a4ff38ca5e3 completed March 10, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.