Triple

T9347286
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Penrose Medal E224923 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Preston Cloud
Preston Cloud was an American paleontologist and geologist renowned for his pioneering research on Precambrian life and the early history of Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere.
E793571 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: Preston Cloud | Statement: [Penrose Medal, notableRecipient, Preston Cloud]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Preston Cloud
Context triple: [Penrose Medal, notableRecipient, Preston Cloud]
  • A. John J. Dunbar
    John J. Dunbar is the Union Army lieutenant portrayed by Kevin Costner in the film "Dances with Wolves," who gradually assimilates into a Lakota Sioux tribe on the American frontier.
  • B. John R. Sinnock
    John R. Sinnock was the eighth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, best known for designing the Roosevelt dime and contributing to several U.S. coin designs.
  • C. William G. Fargo
    William G. Fargo was a 19th-century American businessman and express pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and Wells Fargo.
  • D. John A. McClernand
    John A. McClernand was a prominent Union Army general and Illinois politician during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Western Theater and his close political ties to President Abraham Lincoln.
  • E. John Davis
    John Davis was an American statesman who represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
  • 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: Preston Cloud
Triple: [Penrose Medal, notableRecipient, Preston Cloud]
Generated description
Preston Cloud was an American paleontologist and geologist renowned for his pioneering research on Precambrian life and the early history of Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Preston Cloud
Target entity description: Preston Cloud was an American paleontologist and geologist renowned for his pioneering research on Precambrian life and the early history of Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere.
  • A. John J. Dunbar
    John J. Dunbar is the Union Army lieutenant portrayed by Kevin Costner in the film "Dances with Wolves," who gradually assimilates into a Lakota Sioux tribe on the American frontier.
  • B. John R. Sinnock
    John R. Sinnock was the eighth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, best known for designing the Roosevelt dime and contributing to several U.S. coin designs.
  • C. William G. Fargo
    William G. Fargo was a 19th-century American businessman and express pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and Wells Fargo.
  • D. John A. McClernand
    John A. McClernand was a prominent Union Army general and Illinois politician during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Western Theater and his close political ties to President Abraham Lincoln.
  • E. John Davis
    John Davis was a British special operations officer who served with the World War II clandestine unit Force 136, conducting covert missions in Japanese-occupied territories in Southeast Asia.
  • 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_69ca842993248190a79ab06968994b86 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd4f0f4c4c8190a94c0d44ef349d7d completed April 1, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0e427883881909b3e71038759f064 completed April 4, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0e5a4f6188190885f61b391c59e27 completed April 4, 2026, 10:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0e6f440f08190a55533586f46a248 completed April 4, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:41 p.m.