Triple

T4244200
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Missoula floods E95487 entity
Predicate studiedBy P1945 FINISHED
Object J Harlen Bretz
J Harlen Bretz was an American geologist best known for his controversial and later vindicated theory that cataclysmic floods shaped the Channeled Scablands of the Pacific Northwest.
E424901 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: J Harlen Bretz | Statement: [Missoula floods, studiedBy, J Harlen Bretz]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J Harlen Bretz
Context triple: [Missoula floods, studiedBy, J Harlen Bretz]
  • 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. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. John Cook Wilson
    John Cook Wilson was a prominent British philosopher and logician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his influential work in epistemology and his leadership in the Oxford realist tradition.
  • E. J. Tuzo Wilson
    J. Tuzo Wilson was a pioneering Canadian geophysicist whose work on plate tectonics and transform faults fundamentally reshaped modern understanding of Earth's dynamic crust.
  • 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: J Harlen Bretz
Triple: [Missoula floods, studiedBy, J Harlen Bretz]
Generated description
J Harlen Bretz was an American geologist best known for his controversial and later vindicated theory that cataclysmic floods shaped the Channeled Scablands of the Pacific Northwest.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J Harlen Bretz
Target entity description: J Harlen Bretz was an American geologist best known for his controversial and later vindicated theory that cataclysmic floods shaped the Channeled Scablands of the Pacific Northwest.
  • 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. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. John Cook Wilson
    John Cook Wilson was a prominent British philosopher and logician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his influential work in epistemology and his leadership in the Oxford realist tradition.
  • E. J. Tuzo Wilson
    J. Tuzo Wilson was a pioneering Canadian geophysicist whose work on plate tectonics and transform faults fundamentally reshaped modern understanding of Earth's dynamic crust.
  • 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_69b3453d91548190b4d4ef8fe52aa2ac completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34e8c42e88190b309a1ef7f6529ac completed March 12, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5a876a8dc8190b79d7a3d5eec5609 completed March 14, 2026, 6:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5a925b8e881908338dc0620b18734 completed March 14, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5ad224c848190b1ce76d61fc1d564 completed March 14, 2026, 6:46 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:05 p.m.