Triple
T11295440
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Temple Hornaday |
E267438
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
The Extermination of the American Bison
The Extermination of the American Bison is an 1889 work by zoologist and conservationist William Temple Hornaday that documents the near-destruction of the American bison and helped galvanize early wildlife conservation efforts in the United States.
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E917728
|
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 Extermination of the American Bison | Statement: [William Temple Hornaday, notableWork, The Extermination of the American Bison]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Extermination of the American Bison Context triple: [William Temple Hornaday, notableWork, The Extermination of the American Bison]
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A.
The Last of the Buffalo
The Last of the Buffalo is a late 19th-century painting by Albert Bierstadt that dramatically depicts the near-extinction of American bison on the Great Plains, symbolizing the end of the American frontier.
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B.
On Bison
"On Bison" is the traditional fight song associated with the North Dakota State University Bison athletic teams, especially its football program.
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C.
The Time of the Buffalo
The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
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D.
The Vanishing Prairie
The Vanishing Prairie is a 1954 Walt Disney nature documentary film that explores the wildlife and ecology of the American Great Plains.
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E.
The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone
The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone is a historical work by Dale Van Every that chronicles the lives, conflicts, and frontier experiences of settlers and Native Americans in the Yellowstone region.
- 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 Extermination of the American Bison Triple: [William Temple Hornaday, notableWork, The Extermination of the American Bison]
Generated description
The Extermination of the American Bison is an 1889 work by zoologist and conservationist William Temple Hornaday that documents the near-destruction of the American bison and helped galvanize early wildlife conservation efforts in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Extermination of the American Bison Target entity description: The Extermination of the American Bison is an 1889 work by zoologist and conservationist William Temple Hornaday that documents the near-destruction of the American bison and helped galvanize early wildlife conservation efforts in the United States.
-
A.
The Last of the Buffalo
The Last of the Buffalo is a late 19th-century painting by Albert Bierstadt that dramatically depicts the near-extinction of American bison on the Great Plains, symbolizing the end of the American frontier.
-
B.
On Bison
"On Bison" is the traditional fight song associated with the North Dakota State University Bison athletic teams, especially its football program.
-
C.
The Time of the Buffalo
The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
-
D.
The Vanishing Prairie
The Vanishing Prairie is a 1954 Walt Disney nature documentary film that explores the wildlife and ecology of the American Great Plains.
-
E.
The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone
The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone is a historical work by Dale Van Every that chronicles the lives, conflicts, and frontier experiences of settlers and Native Americans in the Yellowstone region.
- 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_69d6aac993a08190a6f36445ebaf9a43 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e9a262e08190a7c1eacbc6019496 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e50a32ac308190828e1138522527fb |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e510f9edb4819097e9fa1ce85504ed |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e516ac8dec81909c9c1eece372189e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:53 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.