Triple

T4925385
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Geological Survey of Canada E110563 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object William Edmond Logan
William Edmond Logan was a 19th-century Canadian geologist renowned for pioneering geological mapping in Canada and leading the early development of the country’s geological sciences.
E480276 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 Edmond Logan | Statement: [Geological Survey of Canada, founder, William Edmond Logan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Edmond Logan
Context triple: [Geological Survey of Canada, founder, William Edmond Logan]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Edward Hodges Baily
    Edward Hodges Baily was a prominent 19th-century English sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and major public monuments in London.
  • D. William Charles Rogers
    William Charles Rogers was a 19th-century Cherokee leader and politician who served as the last principal chief of the Cherokee Nation under the treaty government before Oklahoma statehood.
  • E. Arthur Dehon Little
    Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and pioneering management consultant who co-founded one of the world’s first consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
  • 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 Edmond Logan
Triple: [Geological Survey of Canada, founder, William Edmond Logan]
Generated description
William Edmond Logan was a 19th-century Canadian geologist renowned for pioneering geological mapping in Canada and leading the early development of the country’s geological sciences.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Edmond Logan
Target entity description: William Edmond Logan was a 19th-century Canadian geologist renowned for pioneering geological mapping in Canada and leading the early development of the country’s geological sciences.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Edward Hodges Baily
    Edward Hodges Baily was a prominent 19th-century English sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and major public monuments in London.
  • D. William Charles Rogers
    William Charles Rogers was a 19th-century Cherokee leader and politician who served as the last principal chief of the Cherokee Nation under the treaty government before Oklahoma statehood.
  • E. Arthur Dehon Little
    Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and pioneering management consultant who co-founded one of the world’s first consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
  • 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_69bd4413f9908190afcff44d7929cc4c completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7033c430819088e62f14979aa83c completed March 20, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be77a9dff481908c7f525f233d9bce completed March 21, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be781aa8648190a58587e6f3e04e11 completed March 21, 2026, 10:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be78a0bdc88190bd8458658f15f879 completed March 21, 2026, 10:53 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:30 p.m.