Triple

T10237931
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Matthew Fontaine Maury E243513 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Physical Geography of the Sea
The Physical Geography of the Sea is an 1855 pioneering scientific work by Matthew Fontaine Maury that is often regarded as the first comprehensive textbook of oceanography, systematically describing ocean currents, winds, and marine navigation.
 E853314 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: The Physical Geography of the Sea | Statement: [Matthew Fontaine Maury, notableWork, The Physical Geography of the Sea]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Physical Geography of the Sea
Context triple: [Matthew Fontaine Maury, notableWork, The Physical Geography of the Sea]
  • A. The World’s Hydrographical Description
    The World’s Hydrographical Description is a 16th-century geographical and navigational treatise by English explorer John Davis, outlining contemporary knowledge of the world’s seas and coasts.
  • B. Limits of Oceans and Seas
    Limits of Oceans and Seas is an authoritative reference work that defines and standardizes the official boundaries and names of the world's oceans and seas for international use.
  • C. The Sea Around Us
    The Sea Around Us is a landmark 1951 nonfiction book by marine biologist Rachel Carson that vividly explores the science, history, and wonder of the world’s oceans.
  • D. The Drama of the Oceans
    The Drama of the Oceans is a work by Elisabeth Mann Borgese that explores the political, legal, and environmental challenges of governing the world’s oceans.
  • E. Scottish continental shelf waters
    Scottish continental shelf waters are the offshore marine areas surrounding Scotland, rich in fisheries and energy resources and subject to specific environmental and economic management.
  • 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: The Physical Geography of the Sea
Triple: [Matthew Fontaine Maury, notableWork, The Physical Geography of the Sea]
Generated description
The Physical Geography of the Sea is an 1855 pioneering scientific work by Matthew Fontaine Maury that is often regarded as the first comprehensive textbook of oceanography, systematically describing ocean currents, winds, and marine navigation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Physical Geography of the Sea
Target entity description: The Physical Geography of the Sea is an 1855 pioneering scientific work by Matthew Fontaine Maury that is often regarded as the first comprehensive textbook of oceanography, systematically describing ocean currents, winds, and marine navigation.
  • A. The World’s Hydrographical Description
    The World’s Hydrographical Description is a 16th-century geographical and navigational treatise by English explorer John Davis, outlining contemporary knowledge of the world’s seas and coasts.
  • B. Limits of Oceans and Seas
    Limits of Oceans and Seas is an authoritative reference work that defines and standardizes the official boundaries and names of the world's oceans and seas for international use.
  • C. The Sea Around Us
    The Sea Around Us is a landmark 1951 nonfiction book by marine biologist Rachel Carson that vividly explores the science, history, and wonder of the world’s oceans.
  • D. The Drama of the Oceans
    The Drama of the Oceans is a work by Elisabeth Mann Borgese that explores the political, legal, and environmental challenges of governing the world’s oceans.
  • E. Scottish continental shelf waters
    Scottish continental shelf waters are the offshore marine areas surrounding Scotland, rich in fisheries and energy resources and subject to specific environmental and economic management.
  • 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_69d381b0f97c819085c9b45799a5fb7c completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d21b64c88190b708c20ca7fe20aa completed April 7, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6f76ca8848190a49d7dc76cf9dd35 completed April 9, 2026, 12:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d6fa2f7a848190a9de5de4d0f3f110 completed April 9, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6fcbab3ec8190ade1c0223c22ad58 completed April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:23 a.m.