Triple

T12272802
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Nuttall E292511 entity
Predicate hasHonorificEponym P12247 FINISHED
Object Nuttall’s cottontail
Nuttall’s cottontail is a North American rabbit species known for its small size, gray-brown fur, and characteristic fluffy white tail, commonly found in brushy and rocky habitats of the western United States.
E974711 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: Nuttall’s cottontail | Statement: [Thomas Nuttall, hasHonorificEponym, Nuttall’s cottontail]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nuttall’s cottontail
Context triple: [Thomas Nuttall, hasHonorificEponym, Nuttall’s cottontail]
  • A. Cottontail
    Cottontail is one of Peter Rabbit’s younger sisters in Beatrix Potter’s classic children’s stories, known for her timid and well-behaved nature.
  • B. Lepus townsendii
    Lepus townsendii, commonly known as the white-tailed jackrabbit, is a large North American hare species adapted to open grasslands and prairies.
  • C. Lepus californicus
    Lepus californicus, commonly known as the black-tailed jackrabbit, is a large North American hare species adapted to arid and open habitats.
  • D. Franklin’s ground squirrel
    Franklin’s ground squirrel is a medium-sized, gray-brown North American ground squirrel known for its bushy tail and preference for tall-grass prairie and brushy habitats.
  • E. Palmer’s chipmunk
    Palmer’s chipmunk is a small, ground-dwelling rodent species of chipmunk that is endemic to Nevada’s Spring Mountains and noted for its restricted range and conservation concern.
  • 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: Nuttall’s cottontail
Triple: [Thomas Nuttall, hasHonorificEponym, Nuttall’s cottontail]
Generated description
Nuttall’s cottontail is a North American rabbit species known for its small size, gray-brown fur, and characteristic fluffy white tail, commonly found in brushy and rocky habitats of the western United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nuttall’s cottontail
Target entity description: Nuttall’s cottontail is a North American rabbit species known for its small size, gray-brown fur, and characteristic fluffy white tail, commonly found in brushy and rocky habitats of the western United States.
  • A. Cottontail
    Cottontail is one of Peter Rabbit’s younger sisters in Beatrix Potter’s classic children’s stories, known for her timid and well-behaved nature.
  • B. Lepus townsendii
    Lepus townsendii, commonly known as the white-tailed jackrabbit, is a large North American hare species adapted to open grasslands and prairies.
  • C. Lepus californicus
    Lepus californicus, commonly known as the black-tailed jackrabbit, is a large North American hare species adapted to arid and open habitats.
  • D. Franklin’s ground squirrel
    Franklin’s ground squirrel is a medium-sized, gray-brown North American ground squirrel known for its bushy tail and preference for tall-grass prairie and brushy habitats.
  • E. Palmer’s chipmunk
    Palmer’s chipmunk is a small, ground-dwelling rodent species of chipmunk that is endemic to Nevada’s Spring Mountains and noted for its restricted range and conservation concern.
  • 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_69d6ab6856488190b5d31178d5015f8e completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91cee7158819093fff74db6867896 completed April 10, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e6b50a48190b1beabd149d5830f completed May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f9386548190a749445a404db3a2 completed May 2, 2026, 4 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6207f164c8190b663a50ee3c761d6 completed May 2, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.