Triple

T23363572
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whillans Ice Stream E593249 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Ian Whillans
Ian Whillans was a prominent glaciologist known for his influential research on Antarctic ice dynamics and contributions to understanding ice streams and climate change.
E1583050 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: Ian Whillans | Statement: [Whillans Ice Stream, namedAfter, Ian Whillans]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Whillans
Context triple: [Whillans Ice Stream, namedAfter, Ian Whillans]
  • A. Colin Keith-Johnston
    Colin Keith-Johnston was a British stage and film actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his distinguished performances in both classical and contemporary roles.
  • B. Ian Marter
    Ian Marter was an English actor and writer best known to Doctor Who fans for playing companion Harry Sullivan and for authoring several Doctor Who novelisations.
  • C. Tim Willoughby
    Tim Willoughby is the earnest, rule-following eldest sibling and de facto leader of the children in Lois Lowry’s darkly comic children’s book (and its film adaptation) "The Willoughbys."
  • D. Kevin Browning
    Kevin Browning is a music producer best known for his long-time work with the progressive rock band Umphrey’s McGee, shaping the sound of many of their studio and live releases.
  • E. Duncan Kenworthy
    Duncan Kenworthy is a British film and television producer best known for hit romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
  • 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: Ian Whillans
Triple: [Whillans Ice Stream, namedAfter, Ian Whillans]
Generated description
Ian Whillans was a prominent glaciologist known for his influential research on Antarctic ice dynamics and contributions to understanding ice streams and climate change.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Whillans
Target entity description: Ian Whillans was a prominent glaciologist known for his influential research on Antarctic ice dynamics and contributions to understanding ice streams and climate change.
  • A. Colin Keith-Johnston
    Colin Keith-Johnston was a British stage and film actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his distinguished performances in both classical and contemporary roles.
  • B. Ian Marter
    Ian Marter was an English actor and writer best known to Doctor Who fans for playing companion Harry Sullivan and for authoring several Doctor Who novelisations.
  • C. Tim Willoughby
    Tim Willoughby is the earnest, rule-following eldest sibling and de facto leader of the children in Lois Lowry’s darkly comic children’s book (and its film adaptation) "The Willoughbys."
  • D. Kevin Browning
    Kevin Browning is a music producer best known for his long-time work with the progressive rock band Umphrey’s McGee, shaping the sound of many of their studio and live releases.
  • E. Duncan Kenworthy
    Duncan Kenworthy is a British film and television producer best known for hit romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
  • 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_69e25d2593c88190bcdf4a716a94ccb2 completed April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a0aac4248190a4663ed12aed6856 completed April 29, 2026, 6:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c5dd78f508190b3b83e4cc2625163 completed May 19, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c60473de0819096d3b4e35da16295 completed May 19, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c60b52fe88190854803902df750c5 completed May 19, 2026, 1:08 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:31 p.m.