Triple
T8687269
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Discovery of the Titanic |
E206193
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert D. Ballard |
E41329
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Robert D. Ballard | Statement: [The Discovery of the Titanic, author, Robert D. Ballard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert D. Ballard Context triple: [The Discovery of the Titanic, author, Robert D. Ballard]
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A.
Robert Ballard
chosen
Robert Ballard is an American oceanographer and marine archaeologist best known for discovering the wreck of the RMS Titanic and leading numerous deep-sea exploration missions.
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B.
Don Walsh
Don Walsh is an American oceanographer and former U.S. Navy officer best known for co-piloting the bathyscaphe Trieste on the first crewed descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960.
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C.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a pioneering French naval officer, explorer, filmmaker, and conservationist who revolutionized underwater exploration and popularized marine science through his documentaries and inventions like the Aqua-Lung.
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D.
Jean-Michel Cousteau
Jean-Michel Cousteau is a French oceanographic explorer, environmental advocate, and filmmaker, and the son of famed undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
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E.
Victor Vescovo
Victor Vescovo is an American explorer, investor, and retired naval officer best known for leading and personally piloting record-setting deep-sea expeditions to the world’s ocean trenches.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca835481fc819084e33d3bc883bfa6 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5731cf08819082e0cbe0975b70bb |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfab417d4481908cc6305ec2752078 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:33 p.m.