Triple

T6418403
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ross Ice Shelf E127884 entity
Predicate terminusOf P3375 FINISHED
Object Byrd Glacier system
The Byrd Glacier system is a major Antarctic glacial drainage network that channels ice from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet into the Ross Ice Shelf.
 E624591 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: Byrd Glacier system | Statement: [Ross Ice Shelf, terminusOf, Byrd Glacier system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Byrd Glacier system
Context triple: [Ross Ice Shelf, terminusOf, Byrd Glacier system]
  • A. Shoup Glacier
    Shoup Glacier is a tidewater glacier in Alaska known for its dramatic ice formations and scenic fjord setting near Prince William Sound.
  • B. Thayer Glacier
    Thayer Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
  • C. Reid Glacier
    Reid Glacier is a mountain glacier on the western slopes of Mount Hood in Oregon, known for its crevassed ice and role in local climbing routes and hydrology.
  • D. Stutfield Glacier
    Stutfield Glacier is a large valley glacier in the Canadian Rockies, known for its extensive icefields and dramatic alpine scenery.
  • E. Lyman Glacier
    Lyman Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Adams in Washington State, known for its retreat in recent decades due to climate change.
  • 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: Byrd Glacier system
Triple: [Ross Ice Shelf, terminusOf, Byrd Glacier system]
Generated description
The Byrd Glacier system is a major Antarctic glacial drainage network that channels ice from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet into the Ross Ice Shelf.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Byrd Glacier system
Target entity description: The Byrd Glacier system is a major Antarctic glacial drainage network that channels ice from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet into the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • A. Shoup Glacier
    Shoup Glacier is a tidewater glacier in Alaska known for its dramatic ice formations and scenic fjord setting near Prince William Sound.
  • B. Thayer Glacier
    Thayer Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
  • C. Reid Glacier
    Reid Glacier is a mountain glacier on the western slopes of Mount Hood in Oregon, known for its crevassed ice and role in local climbing routes and hydrology.
  • D. Stutfield Glacier
    Stutfield Glacier is a large valley glacier in the Canadian Rockies, known for its extensive icefields and dramatic alpine scenery.
  • E. Lyman Glacier
    Lyman Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Adams in Washington State, known for its retreat in recent decades due to climate change.
  • 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_69c742245d10819087861d62c89cc9b0 completed March 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7430c5cf88190a0033e3f0568e250 completed March 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7437a7a6c8190a13053cd35719fed completed March 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:42 p.m.