Triple

T5171431

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	John Davis	`E116688`	entity
Predicate	wroteWork	`P2831`	FINISHED
Object	The World’s Hydrographical Description The World’s Hydrographical Description is a 16th-century geographical and navigational treatise by English explorer John Davis, outlining contemporary knowledge of the world’s seas and coasts.	`E499842`	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: The World’s Hydrographical Description | Statement: [John Davis, wroteWork, The World’s Hydrographical Description]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The World’s Hydrographical Description
Context triple: [John Davis, wroteWork, The World’s Hydrographical Description]

A. Limits of Oceans and Seas
Limits of Oceans and Seas is an authoritative reference work that defines and standardizes the official boundaries and names of the world's oceans and seas for international use.
B. Oceana, or, England and Her Colonies
"Oceana, or, England and Her Colonies" is a 19th-century historical and political work by James Anthony Froude examining the British Empire’s colonial system and imperial policy.
C. Hydrographic Dictionary
The Hydrographic Dictionary is an authoritative reference work that standardizes technical terms and definitions used in hydrography, cartography, and related marine sciences.
D. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger
"Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger" is a monumental multi-volume 19th-century scientific work documenting the findings of the pioneering global oceanographic expedition conducted by the British research vessel H.M.S. Challenger.
E. The Sea Around Us
The Sea Around Us is a landmark 1951 nonfiction book by marine biologist Rachel Carson that vividly explores the science, history, and wonder of the world’s oceans.
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: The World’s Hydrographical Description
Triple: [John Davis, wroteWork, The World’s Hydrographical Description]

Generated description

The World’s Hydrographical Description is a 16th-century geographical and navigational treatise by English explorer John Davis, outlining contemporary knowledge of the world’s seas and coasts.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The World’s Hydrographical Description
Target entity description: The World’s Hydrographical Description is a 16th-century geographical and navigational treatise by English explorer John Davis, outlining contemporary knowledge of the world’s seas and coasts.

A. Limits of Oceans and Seas
Limits of Oceans and Seas is an authoritative reference work that defines and standardizes the official boundaries and names of the world's oceans and seas for international use.
B. Oceana, or, England and Her Colonies
"Oceana, or, England and Her Colonies" is a 19th-century historical and political work by James Anthony Froude examining the British Empire’s colonial system and imperial policy.
C. Hydrographic Dictionary
The Hydrographic Dictionary is an authoritative reference work that standardizes technical terms and definitions used in hydrography, cartography, and related marine sciences.
D. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger
"Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger" is a monumental multi-volume 19th-century scientific work documenting the findings of the pioneering global oceanographic expedition conducted by the British research vessel H.M.S. Challenger.
E. The Sea Around Us
The Sea Around Us is a landmark 1951 nonfiction book by marine biologist Rachel Carson that vividly explores the science, history, and wonder of the world’s oceans.
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_69bd445ff97c81909a2615cc56235470`	completed	March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69bd79508610819087abec175da8c847`	completed	March 20, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69bed9439ec881909021973aa5395e4f`	completed	March 21, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69beda6e82888190b54b814a16582e48`	completed	March 21, 2026, 5:50 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69bedaf860b0819086805fc9630a74d0`	completed	March 21, 2026, 5:52 p.m.

Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:45 p.m.