Triple

T6418389
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ross Ice Shelf E127884 entity
Predicate terminusOf P3375 FINISHED
Object Mercer Ice Stream
Mercer Ice Stream is a major fast-flowing glacier in West Antarctica that drains ice from the interior into the Ross Ice Shelf.
E597523 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: Mercer Ice Stream | Statement: [Ross Ice Shelf, terminusOf, Mercer Ice Stream]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercer Ice Stream
Context triple: [Ross Ice Shelf, terminusOf, Mercer Ice Stream]
  • A. Kamb Ice Stream
    Kamb Ice Stream is a major Antarctic ice stream in West Antarctica that feeds ice into the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • B. Bindschadler Ice Stream
    Bindschadler Ice Stream is a major fast-flowing Antarctic ice stream in West Antarctica that channels ice from the interior of the continent into the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • C. Whillans Ice Stream
    Whillans Ice Stream is a major fast-flowing channel of ice in West Antarctica that drains part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet into the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • D. Palmer Glacier
    Palmer Glacier is a year-round snowfield and ski training area located high on the slopes of Mount Hood in northern Oregon.
  • E. Macy Glacier
    Macy Glacier is a glacier located on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
  • 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: Mercer Ice Stream
Triple: [Ross Ice Shelf, terminusOf, Mercer Ice Stream]
Generated description
Mercer Ice Stream is a major fast-flowing glacier in West Antarctica that drains ice from the interior into the Ross Ice Shelf.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercer Ice Stream
Target entity description: Mercer Ice Stream is a major fast-flowing glacier in West Antarctica that drains ice from the interior into the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • A. Kamb Ice Stream
    Kamb Ice Stream is a major Antarctic ice stream in West Antarctica that feeds ice into the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • B. Bindschadler Ice Stream
    Bindschadler Ice Stream is a major fast-flowing Antarctic ice stream in West Antarctica that channels ice from the interior of the continent into the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • C. Whillans Ice Stream
    Whillans Ice Stream is a major fast-flowing channel of ice in West Antarctica that drains part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet into the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • D. Palmer Glacier
    Palmer Glacier is a year-round snowfield and ski training area located high on the slopes of Mount Hood in northern Oregon.
  • E. Macy Glacier
    Macy Glacier is a glacier located on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
  • 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_69c0083815208190a9b299b8e0640218 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c068eb6c988190b54de6182d0f490d completed March 22, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c65fc4dc588190ad983fde8969c20f completed March 27, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6604e8e9081908d26e98daf3a2704 completed March 27, 2026, 10:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c660af0e20819095a71c3014b4d0e2 completed March 27, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:42 p.m.