Triple

T8468531
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pangaea E200224 entity
Predicate proposedBy P32 FINISHED
Object Alfred Wegener
Alfred Wegener was a German polar researcher, geophysicist, and meteorologist best known for formulating the theory of continental drift.
E736537 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: Alfred Wegener | Statement: [Pangaea, proposedBy, Alfred Wegener]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Wegener
Context triple: [Pangaea, proposedBy, Alfred Wegener]
  • A. Friedrich Wegener
    Friedrich Wegener was a German pathologist best known for first describing the vasculitic disease now called granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
  • B. Eduard Suess
    Eduard Suess was a 19th-century Austrian geologist and paleontologist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure of the Earth and for proposing major concepts in historical geology and continental connections.
  • C. Harry Hammond Hess
    Harry Hammond Hess was an American geologist and Navy officer whose work on seafloor spreading helped establish the theory of plate tectonics.
  • D. Wladimir Köppen
    Wladimir Köppen was a Russian-German climatologist and geographer best known for creating the widely used Köppen climate classification system.
  • E. J. Tuzo Wilson
    J. Tuzo Wilson was a pioneering Canadian geophysicist whose work on plate tectonics and transform faults fundamentally reshaped modern understanding of Earth's dynamic crust.
  • 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: Alfred Wegener
Triple: [Pangaea, proposedBy, Alfred Wegener]
Generated description
Alfred Wegener was a German polar researcher, geophysicist, and meteorologist best known for formulating the theory of continental drift.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Wegener
Target entity description: Alfred Wegener was a German polar researcher, geophysicist, and meteorologist best known for formulating the theory of continental drift.
  • A. Friedrich Wegener
    Friedrich Wegener was a German pathologist best known for first describing the vasculitic disease now called granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
  • B. Eduard Suess
    Eduard Suess was a 19th-century Austrian geologist and paleontologist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure of the Earth and for proposing major concepts in historical geology and continental connections.
  • C. Harry Hammond Hess
    Harry Hammond Hess was an American geologist and Navy officer whose work on seafloor spreading helped establish the theory of plate tectonics.
  • D. Wladimir Köppen
    Wladimir Köppen was a Russian-German climatologist and geographer best known for creating the widely used Köppen climate classification system.
  • E. J. Tuzo Wilson
    J. Tuzo Wilson was a pioneering Canadian geophysicist whose work on plate tectonics and transform faults fundamentally reshaped modern understanding of Earth's dynamic crust.
  • 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_69ca831a4f348190bfdd09250e86ae35 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe4d445f48190884df64bb1aebd41 completed March 31, 2026, 3:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce39ead11c8190bf1524713a44a6fe completed April 2, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce3b1e188c8190ad894478141f6501 completed April 2, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce3bfd00948190b3956be3f8c5d547 completed April 2, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:11 p.m.