Triple

T11046487
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Arctocephalus E261149 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object Arctocephalus townsendi
Arctocephalus townsendi is the Guadalupe fur seal, a pinniped species native to the Pacific waters off Mexico and California, known for its dense fur and history of near-extirpation by commercial sealing.
 E912745 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: Arctocephalus townsendi | Statement: [Arctocephalus, hasMember, Arctocephalus townsendi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Arctocephalus townsendi
Context triple: [Arctocephalus, hasMember, Arctocephalus townsendi]
  • A. Arctocephalus
    Arctocephalus is a genus of eared seals commonly known as fur seals, found primarily in the Southern Hemisphere’s coastal and subantarctic waters.
  • B. Antarctic fur seal
    The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
  • C. Cape fur seal
    The Cape fur seal is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of southern Africa and Namibia, known for forming dense breeding colonies on rocky shores and beaches.
  • D. New Zealand fur seal
    The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
  • E. Neophoca
    Neophoca is a genus of eared seals best known for including the Australian sea lion.
  • 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: Arctocephalus townsendi
Triple: [Arctocephalus, hasMember, Arctocephalus townsendi]
Generated description
Arctocephalus townsendi is the Guadalupe fur seal, a pinniped species native to the Pacific waters off Mexico and California, known for its dense fur and history of near-extirpation by commercial sealing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Arctocephalus townsendi
Target entity description: Arctocephalus townsendi is the Guadalupe fur seal, a pinniped species native to the Pacific waters off Mexico and California, known for its dense fur and history of near-extirpation by commercial sealing.
  • A. Arctocephalus
    Arctocephalus is a genus of eared seals commonly known as fur seals, found primarily in the Southern Hemisphere’s coastal and subantarctic waters.
  • B. Antarctic fur seal
    The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
  • C. Cape fur seal
    The Cape fur seal is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of southern Africa and Namibia, known for forming dense breeding colonies on rocky shores and beaches.
  • D. New Zealand fur seal
    The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
  • E. Neophoca
    Neophoca is a genus of eared seals best known for including the Australian sea lion.
  • 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_69d6aa979bdc8190bf0e79104cc098c1 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d798307da481908996557a73c9b49a completed April 9, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e4acd76d20819089ed2ea2c22bc65d completed April 19, 2026, 10:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e4b1ee74748190a33449ce1b92813e completed April 19, 2026, 10:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4b3d23b18819096f3a11aecc732bd completed April 19, 2026, 10:52 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:26 p.m.