Triple

T13509642
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philip Jackson Darlington Jr. E321101 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Zoogeography: The Geographical Distribution of Animals
Zoogeography: The Geographical Distribution of Animals is a foundational scientific work that systematically analyzes how and why animal species are distributed across different regions of the world.
E85931 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: Zoogeography: The Geographical Distribution of Animals | Statement: [Philip Jackson Darlington Jr., notableWork, Zoogeography: The Geographical Distribution of Animals]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoogeography: The Geographical Distribution of Animals
Context triple: [Philip Jackson Darlington Jr., notableWork, Zoogeography: The Geographical Distribution of Animals]
  • A. The Geographical Distribution of Animals
    The Geographical Distribution of Animals is a foundational 19th-century biogeography work by Alfred Russel Wallace that systematically analyzes how and why animal species are distributed across different regions of the world.
  • B. An Outline of Phanerozoic Biogeography
    An Outline of Phanerozoic Biogeography is a scientific work that surveys the global distribution and evolution of life throughout the Phanerozoic eon, integrating paleontological and geological evidence.
  • C. Or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras
    "Or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras" is the subtitle of Alfred Russel Wallace’s influential 1880 work "Island Life," which analyzes how isolation shapes the evolution and distribution of island plants and animals.
  • D. On the general geographical distribution of the members of the class Aves
    On the General Geographical Distribution of the Members of the Class Aves is an influential 19th-century ornithological paper that proposed a foundational biogeographical division of the world based on bird distributions.
  • E. Wallace Line concept in biogeography
    The Wallace Line concept in biogeography is a major faunal boundary in Southeast Asia that marks a sharp division between Asian and Australasian species distributions.
  • 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: Zoogeography: The Geographical Distribution of Animals
Triple: [Philip Jackson Darlington Jr., notableWork, Zoogeography: The Geographical Distribution of Animals]
Generated description
Zoogeography: The Geographical Distribution of Animals is a foundational scientific work that systematically analyzes how and why animal species are distributed across different regions of the world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoogeography: The Geographical Distribution of Animals
Target entity description: Zoogeography: The Geographical Distribution of Animals is a foundational scientific work that systematically analyzes how and why animal species are distributed across different regions of the world.
  • A. The Geographical Distribution of Animals chosen
    The Geographical Distribution of Animals is a foundational 19th-century biogeography work by Alfred Russel Wallace that systematically analyzes how and why animal species are distributed across different regions of the world.
  • B. An Outline of Phanerozoic Biogeography
    An Outline of Phanerozoic Biogeography is a scientific work that surveys the global distribution and evolution of life throughout the Phanerozoic eon, integrating paleontological and geological evidence.
  • C. Or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras
    "Or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras" is the subtitle of Alfred Russel Wallace’s influential 1880 work "Island Life," which analyzes how isolation shapes the evolution and distribution of island plants and animals.
  • D. On the general geographical distribution of the members of the class Aves
    On the General Geographical Distribution of the Members of the Class Aves is an influential 19th-century ornithological paper that proposed a foundational biogeographical division of the world based on bird distributions.
  • E. Wallace Line concept in biogeography
    The Wallace Line concept in biogeography is a major faunal boundary in Southeast Asia that marks a sharp division between Asian and Australasian species distributions.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d807629d6c8190998f1b9bb12d2ed0 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaf85a74081909eb08751fc55ce8f completed April 12, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75490291c8190b5985d8c90ef1af6 completed May 3, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7556329648190be791afdd197b08c completed May 3, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f755c52c648190a4912725ce65ff04 completed May 3, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:43 p.m.