Triple

T11977260
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zingiberaceae E285069 entity
Predicate includesGenus P1393 FINISHED
Object Costus
Costus is a genus of tropical flowering plants known for their spiral-shaped stems and showy, often brightly colored bracts and flowers.
 E957978 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: Costus | Statement: [Zingiberaceae, includesGenus, Costus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Costus
Context triple: [Zingiberaceae, includesGenus, Costus]
  • A. Acastus
    Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
  • B. Brugmansia
    Brugmansia is a genus of ornamental flowering plants known for their large, pendulous, trumpet-shaped blooms and toxic properties.
  • C. Cestrum
    Cestrum is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their often fragrant, tubular flowers and widespread use as ornamental plants in warm climates.
  • D. Lavatera
    Lavatera is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as tree mallows, valued in gardens for their showy, hibiscus-like blooms and fast-growing, shrubby habit.
  • E. Picrasma
    Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
  • 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: Costus
Triple: [Zingiberaceae, includesGenus, Costus]
Generated description
Costus is a genus of tropical flowering plants known for their spiral-shaped stems and showy, often brightly colored bracts and flowers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Costus
Target entity description: Costus is a genus of tropical flowering plants known for their spiral-shaped stems and showy, often brightly colored bracts and flowers.
  • A. Acastus
    Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
  • B. Brugmansia
    Brugmansia is a genus of ornamental flowering plants known for their large, pendulous, trumpet-shaped blooms and toxic properties.
  • C. Cestrum
    Cestrum is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their often fragrant, tubular flowers and widespread use as ornamental plants in warm climates.
  • D. Lavatera
    Lavatera is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as tree mallows, valued in gardens for their showy, hibiscus-like blooms and fast-growing, shrubby habit.
  • E. Picrasma
    Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
  • 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_69d6ab2eaeb881909f7914758f859413 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d903926690819090e7ce982f103457 completed April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f471f6afc48190856a0f7c486b28aa completed May 1, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f47b7ac4048190ae09f18f1a90338f completed May 1, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f47db91f38819092b7b5c5e2bb489b completed May 1, 2026, 10:17 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.