Triple

T1287547
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rodrigues fruit bat E27468 entity
Predicate firstDescribedBy P7386 FINISHED
Object George Edward Dobson
George Edward Dobson was a 19th-century Irish zoologist and surgeon known for his influential work on bats and insectivorous mammals.
 E155366 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: George Edward Dobson | Statement: [Rodrigues fruit bat, firstDescribedBy, George Edward Dobson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George Edward Dobson
Context triple: [Rodrigues fruit bat, firstDescribedBy, George Edward Dobson]
  • A. Peter Godfrey
    Peter Godfrey was a British-born actor and director known for his work in mid-20th-century film and television, particularly in Hollywood.
  • B. Thomas Bentley
    Thomas Bentley was an 18th-century English potter and business partner of Josiah Wedgwood, noted for his role in advancing fine earthenware and industrial ceramics.
  • C. David Willcocks
    David Willcocks was a renowned British choral conductor, organist, and composer, celebrated especially for his influential work with English cathedral and collegiate choirs and his widely used Christmas carol arrangements.
  • D. Peter Harvey
    Peter Harvey is a set designer known for his work on the production "Diamonds."
  • E. Robert Hinde
    Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
  • 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: George Edward Dobson
Triple: [Rodrigues fruit bat, firstDescribedBy, George Edward Dobson]
Generated description
George Edward Dobson was a 19th-century Irish zoologist and surgeon known for his influential work on bats and insectivorous mammals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George Edward Dobson
Target entity description: George Edward Dobson was a 19th-century Irish zoologist and surgeon known for his influential work on bats and insectivorous mammals.
  • A. Peter Godfrey
    Peter Godfrey was a British-born actor and director known for his work in mid-20th-century film and television, particularly in Hollywood.
  • B. Thomas Bentley
    Thomas Bentley was an 18th-century English potter and business partner of Josiah Wedgwood, noted for his role in advancing fine earthenware and industrial ceramics.
  • C. David Willcocks
    David Willcocks was a renowned British choral conductor, organist, and composer, celebrated especially for his influential work with English cathedral and collegiate choirs and his widely used Christmas carol arrangements.
  • D. Peter Harvey
    Peter Harvey is a set designer known for his work on the production "Diamonds."
  • E. Robert Hinde
    Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
  • 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_69a496d4ec448190ad653b2590c46711 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c0d1a5508190b4461df77f560df4 completed March 1, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acce5fa07c8190a410461d51ef1f3a completed March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69accf21a79c819086219d2927c61349 completed March 8, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69accf84fbb88190a1b7a7546f485e61 completed March 8, 2026, 1:23 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.