Triple
T450932
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Elements of Geology |
E7126
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Charles Lyell |
E1625
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Charles Lyell | Statement: [The Elements of Geology, author, Charles Lyell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Lyell Context triple: [The Elements of Geology, author, Charles Lyell]
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A.
Charles Lyell
chosen
Charles Lyell was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish geologist whose work on uniformitarianism and deep geological time profoundly shaped modern geology and influenced evolutionary thinkers.
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B.
James Hutton
James Hutton was an 18th-century Scottish geologist often called the "father of modern geology" for developing the theory of uniformitarianism and recognizing the immense age of the Earth.
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C.
Hugh Miller
Hugh Miller was a 19th-century Scottish geologist, writer, and self-taught fossil collector renowned for his influential works on the geology and paleontology of Scotland.
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D.
Mary Horner Lyell
Mary Horner Lyell was a 19th-century British conchologist and scientific illustrator who collaborated closely with her geologist husband Charles Lyell on his research and travels.
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E.
William Smith
William Smith was an 18th-century American minister and the father of Abigail Adams, who became the second First Lady of the United States.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a2e7e4676c81909ea0dbdecac0687c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ef835ae881908884dcc3a46af951 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a44801b3f88190b8bd4b4739c3e783 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.