diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/ast.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/ast.py
index 437fceaf8a9..ce40e0174ed 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/ast.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/ast.py
@@ -27,18 +27,17 @@ def expr_to_dataframe_expr(expr):
     return dfe
 
 
-# Map from python type to its corresponding IR field. IR fields below all have the 'v' attribute.
+# Map from python type to its corresponding IR entity. The entities below all have the 'v' attribute.
 TYPE_TO_IR_TYPE_NAME = {
     bytes: "binary_val",
     bool: "bool_val",
+    datetime64: "date_val",
+    Decimal: "big_decimal_val",
+    float64: "float_64_val",
     int32: "int_32_val",
     int64: "int_64_val",
-    float64: "float_64_val",
-    Decimal: "big_decimal_val",
     str: "string_val",
-    slice: "slice_val",
     Timestamp: "timestamp_val",
-    datetime64: "date_val",
 }
 
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ def ast_expr_from_python_val(expr, val):
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    expr : IR expression object
+    expr : IR entity protobuf builder
     val : Python value that needs to be converted to IR expression.
     """
     if val is None:
@@ -62,12 +61,16 @@ def ast_expr_from_python_val(expr, val):
         if isinstance(val, Callable):
             expr.fn_val.params = signature(val).parameters
             expr.fn_val.body = val
+        if isinstance(val, slice):
+            expr.slice_val.start = val.start
+            expr.slice_val.stop = val.stop
+            expr.slice_val.step = val.step
+        elif not isinstance(val, Series) and is_list_like(val):
+            # Checking that val is not a Series since Series objects are considered list-like.
+            expr.list_val.vs = val
         elif isinstance(val, Series):
-            # Checking Series before the list-like type since Series are considered to be list-like.
             expr.series_val.ref = val
-        elif is_list_like(val):
-            expr.list_val.vs = val
-        if isinstance(val, DataFrame):
+        elif isinstance(val, DataFrame):
             expr.dataframe_val.ref = val
     else:
         ir_type_name = TYPE_TO_IR_TYPE_NAME[val_type]
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/column.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/column.py
index 864da395229..2d024aec29a 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/column.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/column.py
@@ -666,15 +666,19 @@ def __repr__(self):
 
     def as_(self, alias: str) -> "Column":
         """Returns a new renamed Column. Alias of :func:`name`."""
-        return self.name(alias)
+        ast = proto.SpColumnExpr()
+        ast.sp_column_alias.variant_is_as = True
+        return self.name(alias, ast)
 
     def alias(self, alias: str) -> "Column":
         """Returns a new renamed Column. Alias of :func:`name`."""
-        return self.name(alias)
+        ast = proto.SpColumnExpr()
+        ast.sp_column_alias.variant_is_as = False
+        return self.name(alias, ast)
 
-    def name(self, alias: str) -> "Column":
+    def name(self, alias: str, ast=None) -> "Column":
         """Returns a new renamed Column."""
-        return Column(Alias(self._expression, quote_name(alias)))
+        return Column(Alias(self._expression, quote_name(alias)), ast=ast)
 
     def over(self, window: Optional[WindowSpec] = None) -> "Column":
         """
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/functions.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/functions.py
index 2bf0c679cc2..3cf41078ea4 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/functions.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/functions.py
@@ -250,11 +250,11 @@ def col(df_alias: str, col_name: str) -> Column:
     ...  # pragma: no cover
 
 
-def col(name1: str, name2: Optional[str] = None) -> Column:
+def col(name1: str, name2: Optional[str] = None, ast=None) -> Column:
     if name2 is None:
-        return Column(name1)
+        return Column(name1, ast=ast)
     else:
-        return Column(name1, name2)
+        return Column(name1, name2, ast=ast)
 
 
 @overload
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/dataframe.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/dataframe.py
index 5774b25f723..85ef6654165 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/dataframe.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/dataframe.py
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ def __init__(
         dtype=None,
         copy=None,
         query_compiler=None,
+        ast_stmt=None,
     ) -> None:
         # TODO: SNOW-1063346: Modin upgrade - modin.pandas.DataFrame functions
         # Siblings are other dataframes that share the same query compiler. We
@@ -158,6 +159,11 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._siblings = []
 
+        if not ast_stmt:
+            ast_stmt = pd.session._ast_batch.assign()
+        self._ast_id = ast_stmt.var_id.bitfield1
+        self._ast_stmt = ast_stmt
+
         # Engine.subscribe(_update_engine)
         if isinstance(data, (DataFrame, Series)):
             self._query_compiler = data._query_compiler.copy()
@@ -255,11 +261,6 @@ def __init__(
         else:
             self._query_compiler = query_compiler
 
-    def _get_ast_id(self):
-        return (
-            self._query_compiler._modin_frame.ordered_dataframe._dataframe_ref.snowpark_dataframe._ast_id
-        )
-
     def __repr__(self):
         """
         Return a string representation for a particular ``DataFrame``.
@@ -2869,7 +2870,10 @@ def __setattr__(self, key, value):
         # - `_siblings`, which Modin initializes before it appears in __dict__
         # - `_cache`, which pandas.cache_readonly uses to cache properties
         #   before it appears in __dict__.
-        if key in ("_query_compiler", "_siblings", "_cache") or key in self.__dict__:
+        if (
+            key in ("_query_compiler", "_siblings", "_cache", "_ast_id", "_ast_stmt")
+            or key in self.__dict__
+        ):
             pass
         elif key in self and key not in dir(self):
             self.__setitem__(key, value)
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/indexing.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/indexing.py
index 50c292cdd2b..5aaae34c876 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/indexing.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/indexing.py
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ def __getitem__(
         # IR changes! Add iloc get nodes to AST.
         stmt = pd.session._ast_batch.assign()
         ast = stmt.expr
-        ast.pd_dataframe_i_loc.df.var_id.bitfield1 = self.df._get_ast_id()
+        ast.pd_dataframe_i_loc.df.var_id.bitfield1 = self.df._ast_id
         # Map python built-ins (functions, scalars, lists, slices, etc.) to AST expr and emit Ref nodes for dataframes,
         # series, and indexes.
         ast_expr_from_python_val(ast.pd_dataframe_i_loc.rows, row_loc)
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ def __getitem__(
 
         # Convert all scalar, list-like, and indexer row_loc to a Series object to get a query compiler object.
         if is_scalar(row_loc):
-            row_loc = pd.Series([row_loc])
+            row_loc = pd.Series([row_loc], ast_stmt=stmt)
         elif is_list_like(row_loc):
             if hasattr(row_loc, "dtype"):
                 dtype = row_loc.dtype
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ def __getitem__(
                 dtype = float
             else:
                 dtype = None
-            row_loc = pd.Series(row_loc, dtype=dtype)
+            row_loc = pd.Series(row_loc, dtype=dtype, ast_stmt=stmt)
 
         # Check whether the row and column input is of numeric dtype.
         self._validate_numeric_get_key_values(row_loc, original_row_loc)
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/series.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/series.py
index 8b022d5a1f9..66698d14a9b 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/series.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/series.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ def __init__(
         copy=False,
         fastpath=False,
         query_compiler=None,
+        ast_stmt=None,
     ) -> None:
         # TODO: SNOW-1063347: Modin upgrade - modin.pandas.Series functions
         # Siblings are other dataframes that share the same query compiler. We
@@ -130,6 +131,11 @@ def __init__(
         # modified:
         # Engine.subscribe(_update_engine)
 
+        if not ast_stmt:
+            ast_stmt = pd.session._ast_batch.assign()
+        self._ast_id = ast_stmt.var_id.bitfield1
+        self._ast_stmt = ast_stmt
+
         if isinstance(data, type(self)):
             query_compiler = data._query_compiler.copy()
             if index is not None:
@@ -196,7 +202,9 @@ def _set_name(self, name):
         else:
             columns = [name]
         self._update_inplace(
-            new_query_compiler=self._query_compiler.set_columns(columns)
+            new_query_compiler=self._query_compiler.set_columns(
+                columns, ast_stmt=self._ast_stmt
+            )
         )
 
     name = property(_get_name, _set_name)
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/_internal/frame.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/_internal/frame.py
index 64f76afb4e5..c40917ba2d9 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/_internal/frame.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/_internal/frame.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from pandas._typing import IndexLabel
 from pandas.core.dtypes.common import is_object_dtype
 
+import snowflake.snowpark._internal.proto.ast_pb2 as proto
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.analyzer_utils import (
     quote_name_without_upper_casing,
 )
@@ -802,7 +803,9 @@ def project_columns(
         )
 
     def rename_snowflake_identifiers(
-        self, old_to_new_identifiers: dict[str, str]
+        self,
+        old_to_new_identifiers: dict[str, str],
+        ast_stmt: Optional[proto.Expr] = None,
     ) -> "InternalFrame":
         """
         Rename columns for underlying ordered dataframe.
@@ -847,7 +850,8 @@ def rename_snowflake_identifiers(
                 # retain the original column
                 select_list.append(old_id)
             else:
-                select_list.append(col(old_id).as_(new_id))
+                ast = ast_stmt.expr if ast_stmt is not None else None
+                select_list.append(col(old_id, ast=ast).as_(new_id))
                 # if the old column is part of the ordering or row position columns, retains the column
                 # as part of the projected columns.
                 if old_id in ordering_and_row_position_columns:
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/compiler/snowflake_query_compiler.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/compiler/snowflake_query_compiler.py
index a02bf4e108c..743d7186dc9 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/compiler/snowflake_query_compiler.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/compiler/snowflake_query_compiler.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 from pandas.io.formats.format import format_percentiles
 from pandas.io.formats.printing import PrettyDict
 
+import snowflake.snowpark._internal.proto.ast_pb2 as proto
 import snowflake.snowpark.modin.pandas as pd
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.analyzer_utils import (
     quote_name_without_upper_casing,
@@ -1250,7 +1251,11 @@ def columns(self) -> "pd.Index":
         # TODO SNOW-837664: add more tests for df.columns
         return self._modin_frame.data_columns_index
 
-    def set_columns(self, new_pandas_labels: Axes) -> "SnowflakeQueryCompiler":
+    def set_columns(
+        self,
+        new_pandas_labels: Axes,
+        ast_stmt: Optional[proto.Expr] = None,
+    ) -> "SnowflakeQueryCompiler":
         """
         Set pandas column labels with the new column labels
 
@@ -1288,7 +1293,8 @@ def set_columns(self, new_pandas_labels: Axes) -> "SnowflakeQueryCompiler":
         )
 
         renamed_frame = self._modin_frame.rename_snowflake_identifiers(
-            renamed_quoted_identifier_mapping
+            renamed_quoted_identifier_mapping,
+            ast_stmt=ast_stmt,
         )
 
         new_internal_frame = InternalFrame.create(
diff --git a/tests/thin-client/modin-steel-thread.py b/tests/thin-client/modin-steel-thread.py
index ad758b6c8a9..44687d64c5c 100644
--- a/tests/thin-client/modin-steel-thread.py
+++ b/tests/thin-client/modin-steel-thread.py
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
     [[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7], [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14], [15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]],
     columns=["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G"],
 )
-df = df.iloc[3, 4]
-df.show()
+result = df.iloc[2, 2]
+print(result)