Triple

T9128513
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Snowball Earth glaciations E219023 entity
Predicate proposedBy P32 FINISHED
Object W. Brian Harland
W. Brian Harland was a British geologist and stratigrapher known for pioneering work on Precambrian geology and for first proposing the Snowball Earth global glaciation hypothesis.
 E812670 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: W. Brian Harland | Statement: [Snowball Earth glaciations, proposedBy, W. Brian Harland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: W. Brian Harland
Context triple: [Snowball Earth glaciations, proposedBy, W. Brian Harland]
  • A. Martin W. Harrow
    Martin W. Harrow is the fictional protagonist of the 1951 film "M," around whom the movie’s central drama and character study revolve.
  • B. R. Bruce Lindsay
    R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
  • C. D. W. Langridge
    D. W. Langridge was a British information scientist and librarian known for his influential work in library classification and involvement in the development of modern classification theory.
  • D. Barrie M. Osborne
    Barrie M. Osborne is an American film producer best known for his work on large-scale, critically acclaimed epics such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
  • E. Kent L. Wakeford
    Kent L. Wakeford was an American cinematographer known for his work on influential 1970s films, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
  • 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: W. Brian Harland
Triple: [Snowball Earth glaciations, proposedBy, W. Brian Harland]
Generated description
W. Brian Harland was a British geologist and stratigrapher known for pioneering work on Precambrian geology and for first proposing the Snowball Earth global glaciation hypothesis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: W. Brian Harland
Target entity description: W. Brian Harland was a British geologist and stratigrapher known for pioneering work on Precambrian geology and for first proposing the Snowball Earth global glaciation hypothesis.
  • A. Martin W. Harrow
    Martin W. Harrow is the fictional protagonist of the 1951 film "M," around whom the movie’s central drama and character study revolve.
  • B. R. Bruce Lindsay
    R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
  • C. D. W. Langridge
    D. W. Langridge was a British information scientist and librarian known for his influential work in library classification and involvement in the development of modern classification theory.
  • D. Barrie M. Osborne
    Barrie M. Osborne is an American film producer best known for his work on large-scale, critically acclaimed epics such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
  • E. Kent L. Wakeford
    Kent L. Wakeford was an American cinematographer known for his work on influential 1970s films, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
  • 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_69ca83debfc0819095800583e97ab10f completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8cc85b081908ee80db0e3b7df15 completed April 1, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d189cdc62c819082fc8062d68d0ad1 completed April 4, 2026, 9:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d18a6b0c94819087930808eec15ac8 completed April 4, 2026, 10:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d18ab1ebf081909ff3797707cf0599 completed April 4, 2026, 10:03 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:18 p.m.