Triple

T15135459
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Latham E361541 entity
Predicate hasWrittenWork P4 FINISHED
Object A General History of Birds
A General History of Birds is an 18th-century ornithological work that systematically describes and classifies bird species, contributing significantly to early bird taxonomy.
E1138664 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: A General History of Birds | Statement: [John Latham, hasWrittenWork, A General History of Birds]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A General History of Birds
Context triple: [John Latham, hasWrittenWork, A General History of Birds]
  • A. Traité élémentaire et complet d’ornithologie
    Traité élémentaire et complet d’ornithologie is a foundational early 19th-century ornithological treatise by François Marie Daudin that systematically describes and classifies bird species.
  • B. Conspectus Generum Avium
    Conspectus Generum Avium is a 19th-century ornithological work by Charles Lucien Bonaparte that systematically catalogues and classifies bird genera.
  • C. The Life of Birds
    The Life of Birds is a landmark BBC nature documentary series, presented by David Attenborough, that explores the evolution, behavior, and remarkable adaptations of bird species around the world.
  • D. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum
    Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum is a multi-volume 19th-century ornithological reference work documenting and classifying the bird specimens held by the British Museum.
  • E. Codex on the Flight of Birds
    Codex on the Flight of Birds is a scientific manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci in which he analyzes bird flight and explores concepts that anticipated modern aerodynamics and human aviation.
  • 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: A General History of Birds
Triple: [John Latham, hasWrittenWork, A General History of Birds]
Generated description
A General History of Birds is an 18th-century ornithological work that systematically describes and classifies bird species, contributing significantly to early bird taxonomy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A General History of Birds
Target entity description: A General History of Birds is an 18th-century ornithological work that systematically describes and classifies bird species, contributing significantly to early bird taxonomy.
  • A. Traité élémentaire et complet d’ornithologie
    Traité élémentaire et complet d’ornithologie is a foundational early 19th-century ornithological treatise by François Marie Daudin that systematically describes and classifies bird species.
  • B. Conspectus Generum Avium
    Conspectus Generum Avium is a 19th-century ornithological work by Charles Lucien Bonaparte that systematically catalogues and classifies bird genera.
  • C. The Life of Birds
    The Life of Birds is a landmark BBC nature documentary series, presented by David Attenborough, that explores the evolution, behavior, and remarkable adaptations of bird species around the world.
  • D. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum
    Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum is a multi-volume 19th-century ornithological reference work documenting and classifying the bird specimens held by the British Museum.
  • E. Codex on the Flight of Birds
    Codex on the Flight of Birds is a scientific manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci in which he analyzes bird flight and explores concepts that anticipated modern aerodynamics and human aviation.
  • 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_69d85a06450081909c5a14ea9851a15e completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e005b3f6f48190b1ed7c7b28feb7a6 completed April 15, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69feb7fe60488190bea566eaa3ebb47a completed May 9, 2026, 4:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69feb9d8f36081909afe0ad1f4518d58 completed May 9, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69feba3ff2c8819099cc5be8c556d526 completed May 9, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:07 a.m.