Triple

T3012423
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ross Dependency E82252 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object McMurdo Ice Shelf
The McMurdo Ice Shelf is a large floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet located in the southwestern Ross Sea near Ross Island and McMurdo Sound.
E320193 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: McMurdo Ice Shelf | Statement: [Ross Dependency, contains, McMurdo Ice Shelf]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McMurdo Ice Shelf
Context triple: [Ross Dependency, contains, McMurdo Ice Shelf]
  • A. Larsen Ice Shelf
    The Larsen Ice Shelf is a large Antarctic ice shelf fringing the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, known for its dramatic partial collapses that have highlighted the impacts of climate change.
  • B. Ross Ice Shelf
    The Ross Ice Shelf is the world’s largest ice shelf, a vast floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet that plays a key role in buttressing inland glaciers and influencing global sea-level stability.
  • C. Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
    The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, fringing the southern Weddell Sea and playing a key role in the region’s glaciology and ocean circulation.
  • D. Dotson Ice Shelf
    Dotson Ice Shelf is a floating extension of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains into the Amundsen Sea and plays a significant role in regional ice loss and sea-level rise.
  • E. Marie Byrd Land
    Marie Byrd Land is a vast, remote, and largely ice-covered region of West Antarctica lying between the Ross Sea and the Amundsen Sea, notable for being one of the largest unclaimed territories on Earth.
  • 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: McMurdo Ice Shelf
Triple: [Ross Dependency, contains, McMurdo Ice Shelf]
Generated description
The McMurdo Ice Shelf is a large floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet located in the southwestern Ross Sea near Ross Island and McMurdo Sound.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McMurdo Ice Shelf
Target entity description: The McMurdo Ice Shelf is a large floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet located in the southwestern Ross Sea near Ross Island and McMurdo Sound.
  • A. Larsen Ice Shelf
    The Larsen Ice Shelf is a large Antarctic ice shelf fringing the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, known for its dramatic partial collapses that have highlighted the impacts of climate change.
  • B. Ross Ice Shelf
    The Ross Ice Shelf is the world’s largest ice shelf, a vast floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet that plays a key role in buttressing inland glaciers and influencing global sea-level stability.
  • C. Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
    The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, fringing the southern Weddell Sea and playing a key role in the region’s glaciology and ocean circulation.
  • D. Dotson Ice Shelf
    Dotson Ice Shelf is a floating extension of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains into the Amundsen Sea and plays a significant role in regional ice loss and sea-level rise.
  • E. Marie Byrd Land
    Marie Byrd Land is a vast, remote, and largely ice-covered region of West Antarctica lying between the Ross Sea and the Amundsen Sea, notable for being one of the largest unclaimed territories on Earth.
  • 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_69ad8b1eb53481908c39bbcd1ec104b2 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9a66c334819082d1d320c48eca1b completed March 8, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1dea6b460819087d7186efc901ef2 completed March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1df61bb208190b7714ff14ff81a99 completed March 11, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1dfd8fc5481908f1e130226d606fb completed March 11, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.