Triple

T12131246
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rubiaceae E288940 entity
Predicate containsTaxon P9413 FINISHED
Object Cinchona
Cinchona is a genus of South American trees and shrubs best known as the natural source of quinine, a historic treatment for malaria.
 E970487 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: Cinchona | Statement: [Rubiaceae, containsTaxon, Cinchona]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cinchona
Context triple: [Rubiaceae, containsTaxon, Cinchona]
  • A. Cinchona officinalis
    Cinchona officinalis is a South American tree historically significant as the original natural source of quinine, a key treatment for malaria.
  • B. Quassia
    Quassia is a genus of tropical flowering plants known for their intensely bitter compounds, which are used in traditional medicine and as natural insecticides.
  • C. Rauvolfia
    Rauvolfia is a genus of flowering plants known for species that produce medically important alkaloids, including the antihypertensive drug source Rauvolfia serpentina.
  • D. Erythroxylum coca
    Erythroxylum coca is a South American shrub whose leaves contain stimulant alkaloids traditionally chewed by indigenous peoples and industrially processed to produce cocaine.
  • E. Uncaria
    Uncaria is a genus of tropical climbing plants in the coffee family known for species like cat’s claw, which are used 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: Cinchona
Triple: [Rubiaceae, containsTaxon, Cinchona]
Generated description
Cinchona is a genus of South American trees and shrubs best known as the natural source of quinine, a historic treatment for malaria.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cinchona
Target entity description: Cinchona is a genus of South American trees and shrubs best known as the natural source of quinine, a historic treatment for malaria.
  • A. Cinchona officinalis
    Cinchona officinalis is a South American tree historically significant as the original natural source of quinine, a key treatment for malaria.
  • B. Quassia
    Quassia is a genus of tropical flowering plants known for their intensely bitter compounds, which are used in traditional medicine and as natural insecticides.
  • C. Rauvolfia
    Rauvolfia is a genus of flowering plants known for species that produce medically important alkaloids, including the antihypertensive drug source Rauvolfia serpentina.
  • D. Erythroxylum coca
    Erythroxylum coca is a South American shrub whose leaves contain stimulant alkaloids traditionally chewed by indigenous peoples and industrially processed to produce cocaine.
  • E. Uncaria
    Uncaria is a genus of tropical climbing plants in the coffee family known for species like cat’s claw, which are used 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_69d6ab4b5e4c81909950b17151eb0951 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9158b34648190b5eecdf9b07fbb3f completed April 10, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60a79dd148190835c2679fb2df3b1 completed May 2, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f60dbe4f788190a3b4be4b31cfbffa completed May 2, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60ee037bc8190be486e30e03031a7 completed May 2, 2026, 2:49 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.