Triple

T1297075
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Early Devonian E27677 entity
Predicate precedes P97 FINISHED
Object Middle Devonian
The Middle Devonian is a subdivision of the Devonian Period, dating to roughly 393–383 million years ago, marked by extensive marine life diversification and the continued evolution of early terrestrial ecosystems.
E147846 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: Middle Devonian | Statement: [Early Devonian, precedes, Middle Devonian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle Devonian
Context triple: [Early Devonian, precedes, Middle Devonian]
  • A. Early Devonian
    The Early Devonian was the initial subdivision of the Devonian Period, marked by the diversification of early fishes and the spread of primitive vascular land plants across emerging terrestrial ecosystems.
  • B. Devonian Period
    The Devonian Period was a division of the Paleozoic Era characterized by the diversification of fish, the first significant colonization of land by plants and early tetrapods, and major reef-building in the oceans.
  • C. Silurian
    The Silurian is a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, roughly 443 to 419 million years ago, marked by the stabilization of Earth’s climate, widespread shallow seas, and significant diversification of early marine life and the first land plants.
  • D. Ordovician Period
    The Ordovician Period was a Paleozoic era interval marked by extensive marine biodiversity, the diversification of early vertebrates and invertebrates, and ending with one of Earth's major mass extinction events.
  • E. Carboniferous period
    The Carboniferous period was a Paleozoic era interval, roughly 359 to 299 million years ago, characterized by extensive swampy forests that formed vast coal deposits and by the diversification of early amphibians and insects.
  • 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: Middle Devonian
Triple: [Early Devonian, precedes, Middle Devonian]
Generated description
The Middle Devonian is a subdivision of the Devonian Period, dating to roughly 393–383 million years ago, marked by extensive marine life diversification and the continued evolution of early terrestrial ecosystems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle Devonian
Target entity description: The Middle Devonian is a subdivision of the Devonian Period, dating to roughly 393–383 million years ago, marked by extensive marine life diversification and the continued evolution of early terrestrial ecosystems.
  • A. Early Devonian
    The Early Devonian was the initial subdivision of the Devonian Period, marked by the diversification of early fishes and the spread of primitive vascular land plants across emerging terrestrial ecosystems.
  • B. Devonian Period
    The Devonian Period was a division of the Paleozoic Era characterized by the diversification of fish, the first significant colonization of land by plants and early tetrapods, and major reef-building in the oceans.
  • C. Silurian
    The Silurian is a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, roughly 443 to 419 million years ago, marked by the stabilization of Earth’s climate, widespread shallow seas, and significant diversification of early marine life and the first land plants.
  • D. Ordovician Period
    The Ordovician Period was a Paleozoic era interval marked by extensive marine biodiversity, the diversification of early vertebrates and invertebrates, and ending with one of Earth's major mass extinction events.
  • E. Carboniferous period
    The Carboniferous period was a Paleozoic era interval, roughly 359 to 299 million years ago, characterized by extensive swampy forests that formed vast coal deposits and by the diversification of early amphibians and insects.
  • 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_69a496d6682881909ba658f1c1e0e2b0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c0f591ec819084f01f518c332880 completed March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acacc4078081908ba799745ce442ae completed March 7, 2026, 10:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acad5457dc8190b884b562bc3f3fe7 completed March 7, 2026, 10:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acadf1209081909c120fbfdeb53168 completed March 7, 2026, 11 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.