Triple

T15135458
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Latham E361541 entity
Predicate hasWrittenWork P4 FINISHED
Object Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds
Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds is an ornithological work by John Latham that expands and updates his earlier comprehensive survey of bird species.
 E1138663 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds | Statement: [John Latham, hasWrittenWork, Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds
Context triple: [John Latham, hasWrittenWork, Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds]
  • A. A Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada
    A Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada is a foundational 19th-century bird guide that systematically describes and classifies the avifauna of North America.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Clements Checklist of Birds of the World
    The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World is a widely used, authoritative global taxonomy and listing of bird species maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
  • D. A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America
    A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America is a 19th-century ornithological work by John Gould that provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of New World quails and related partridge species.
  • E. Ornithological papers in the Zoological Journal
    Ornithological papers in the Zoological Journal are a series of influential early 19th-century bird studies authored by Nicholas Aylward Vigors that helped shape modern ornithological classification and taxonomy.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds
Target entity description: Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds is an ornithological work by John Latham that expands and updates his earlier comprehensive survey of bird species.
  • A. A Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada
    A Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada is a foundational 19th-century bird guide that systematically describes and classifies the avifauna of North America.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Clements Checklist of Birds of the World
    The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World is a widely used, authoritative global taxonomy and listing of bird species maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
  • D. A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America
    A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America is a 19th-century ornithological work by John Gould that provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of New World quails and related partridge species.
  • E. Ornithological papers in the Zoological Journal
    Ornithological papers in the Zoological Journal are a series of influential early 19th-century bird studies authored by Nicholas Aylward Vigors that helped shape modern ornithological classification and taxonomy.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds
Triple: [John Latham, hasWrittenWork, Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds]
Generated description
Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds is an ornithological work by John Latham that expands and updates his earlier comprehensive survey of bird species.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d85a06450081909c5a14ea9851a15e elicitation completed
NER batch_69e005b3f6f48190b1ed7c7b28feb7a6 ner completed
NED1 batch_69feb7fe60488190bea566eaa3ebb47a ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69feba3ff2c8819099cc5be8c556d526 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69feb9d8f36081909afe0ad1f4518d58 nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:07 a.m.