Triple

T11347615
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elbert L. Little E268759 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Common Trees of North America
Common Trees of North America is a widely used field guide that catalogs and describes the major tree species found across the North American continent.
E920131 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: Common Trees of North America | Statement: [Elbert L. Little, notableWork, Common Trees of North America]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Common Trees of North America
Context triple: [Elbert L. Little, notableWork, Common Trees of North America]
  • A. Monographs on North American conifers
    Monographs on North American conifers is a foundational 19th-century botanical work in which George Engelmann systematically described and classified the conifer species of North America.
  • B. The Ecology of North America
    The Ecology of North America is a foundational ecological monograph that systematically surveys and analyzes the major plant and animal communities across the North American continent.
  • C. Manual of Botany for the Northern States
    Manual of Botany for the Northern States is an early 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically catalogues and describes the plant species of the northern United States.
  • D. Fruits and Fruit Trees of America
    Fruits and Fruit Trees of America is a comprehensive 19th-century horticultural reference work detailing the varieties, cultivation, and characteristics of fruit-bearing trees in the United States.
  • E. Flora of Canada
    Flora of Canada encompasses the diverse native and naturalized plant species found across Canada's varied ecosystems, from boreal forests and tundra to prairies and coastal regions.
  • 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: Common Trees of North America
Triple: [Elbert L. Little, notableWork, Common Trees of North America]
Generated description
Common Trees of North America is a widely used field guide that catalogs and describes the major tree species found across the North American continent.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Common Trees of North America
Target entity description: Common Trees of North America is a widely used field guide that catalogs and describes the major tree species found across the North American continent.
  • A. Monographs on North American conifers
    Monographs on North American conifers is a foundational 19th-century botanical work in which George Engelmann systematically described and classified the conifer species of North America.
  • B. The Ecology of North America
    The Ecology of North America is a foundational ecological monograph that systematically surveys and analyzes the major plant and animal communities across the North American continent.
  • C. Manual of Botany for the Northern States
    Manual of Botany for the Northern States is an early 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically catalogues and describes the plant species of the northern United States.
  • D. Fruits and Fruit Trees of America
    Fruits and Fruit Trees of America is a comprehensive 19th-century horticultural reference work detailing the varieties, cultivation, and characteristics of fruit-bearing trees in the United States.
  • E. Flora of Canada
    Flora of Canada encompasses the diverse native and naturalized plant species found across Canada's varied ecosystems, from boreal forests and tundra to prairies and coastal regions.
  • 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_69d6aacbe18081909e5fadb50082dd96 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7ea214bb88190bb66f7fd3ef73081 completed April 9, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5438d7b58819093cc1407fefe8ab5 completed April 19, 2026, 9:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e548bb7be4819093aeeaf0c048033e completed April 19, 2026, 9:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e54eeba4a88190af128a99c277853a completed April 19, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:33 p.m.