Triple
T8789797
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Ballard |
E209132
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasFamilyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ballard |
E209132
|
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: Ballard | Statement: [Robert Ballard, hasFamilyName, Ballard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ballard Context triple: [Robert Ballard, hasFamilyName, Ballard]
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A.
Ballard
chosen
Ballard is a surname most notably associated with Robert Ballard, the American oceanographer who discovered the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
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B.
Baldwinne
Baldwinne is an alternative historical or variant spelling of the given name Baldwin, which is of Germanic origin and borne by several medieval European nobles and rulers.
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C.
Redlands
Redlands is a historic city in Southern California known for its citrus-growing heritage, Victorian architecture, and role as an educational and cultural hub in the Inland Empire.
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D.
Berkelland
Berkelland is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands, located in the Achterhoek region of the province of Gelderland.
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E.
Point Roberts
Point Roberts is a small, geographically isolated U.S. community located on a peninsula south of Vancouver, British Columbia, that is accessible by land only through Canada.
- 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_69ca836168108190bb43d3dc235c1f55 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5f8b0c108190af53d4bb9b132c5c |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf5210454c8190aa83d941893a4bc5 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 5:37 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:43 p.m.