Triple

T14337294
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Eumetopias E355496 entity
Predicate subfamily P4180 FINISHED
Object Otariinae
Otariinae is a subfamily of eared seals that includes the sea lions, characterized by external ear flaps and the ability to walk on all fours using their large flippers.
E170450 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: Otariinae | Statement: [Eumetopias, subfamily, Otariinae]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otariinae
Context triple: [Eumetopias, subfamily, Otariinae]
  • A. Otariidae
    Otariidae is the family of eared seals, including sea lions and fur seals, characterized by external ear flaps and the ability to walk on land using their rotating hind flippers.
  • B. Arctocephalus
    Arctocephalus is a genus of eared seals commonly known as fur seals, found primarily in the Southern Hemisphere’s coastal and subantarctic waters.
  • C. Otaria
    Otaria is a genus of large South American sea lions, best known for the species Otaria flavescens that inhabits coastal waters of the southeastern Pacific and southwestern Atlantic Oceans.
  • D. Arctocephalus townsendi
    Arctocephalus townsendi is the Guadalupe fur seal, a pinniped species native to the Pacific waters off Mexico and California, known for its dense fur and history of near-extirpation by commercial sealing.
  • E. Cape fur seal
    The Cape fur seal is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of southern Africa and Namibia, known for forming dense breeding colonies on rocky shores and beaches.
  • 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: Otariinae
Triple: [Eumetopias, subfamily, Otariinae]
Generated description
Otariinae is a subfamily of eared seals that includes the sea lions, characterized by external ear flaps and the ability to walk on all fours using their large flippers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otariinae
Target entity description: Otariinae is a subfamily of eared seals that includes the sea lions, characterized by external ear flaps and the ability to walk on all fours using their large flippers.
  • A. Otariidae chosen
    Otariidae is the family of eared seals, including sea lions and fur seals, characterized by external ear flaps and the ability to walk on land using their rotating hind flippers.
  • B. Arctocephalus
    Arctocephalus is a genus of eared seals commonly known as fur seals, found primarily in the Southern Hemisphere’s coastal and subantarctic waters.
  • C. Otaria
    Otaria is a genus of large South American sea lions, best known for the species Otaria flavescens that inhabits coastal waters of the southeastern Pacific and southwestern Atlantic Oceans.
  • D. Arctocephalus townsendi
    Arctocephalus townsendi is the Guadalupe fur seal, a pinniped species native to the Pacific waters off Mexico and California, known for its dense fur and history of near-extirpation by commercial sealing.
  • E. Cape fur seal
    The Cape fur seal is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of southern Africa and Namibia, known for forming dense breeding colonies on rocky shores and beaches.
  • 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_69d8278fa2108190bc0d0e7939c1eb03 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de8c2241e48190a0c626b3d741966a completed April 14, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd5508da0c8190a8ea44ca737cf352 completed May 8, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd5658f6c081908ab936c8a596f0d5 completed May 8, 2026, 3:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd56c0821c8190bcd56754575671cb completed May 8, 2026, 3:21 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:14 a.m.