Triple
T15223403
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Burgess Shale |
E363816
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveredBy |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Doolittle Walcott
Charles Doolittle Walcott was an American paleontologist and Smithsonian administrator best known for his pioneering early-20th-century work on Cambrian fossils, including the famous Burgess Shale fauna.
|
E1145870
|
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: Charles Doolittle Walcott | Statement: [Burgess Shale, discoveredBy, Charles Doolittle Walcott]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Doolittle Walcott Context triple: [Burgess Shale, discoveredBy, Charles Doolittle Walcott]
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A.
Othniel Charles Marsh
Othniel Charles Marsh was a pioneering 19th-century American paleontologist known for his extensive dinosaur discoveries and his central role in the “Bone Wars” fossil-hunting rivalry.
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B.
George Montague Wheeler
George Montague Wheeler was a 19th-century American surveyor and army officer best known for leading the Wheeler Survey, a major U.S. government mapping and exploration project of the American West.
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C.
William Shepard Wetmore
William Shepard Wetmore was a 19th-century American China trade merchant and prominent Newport, Rhode Island businessman and philanthropist.
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D.
Charles W. Gilmore
Charles W. Gilmore was an American paleontologist known for his extensive work on dinosaur fossils at the Smithsonian Institution in the early 20th century.
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E.
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn was an American paleontologist and museum president best known for his influential work on dinosaur classification and the early description of iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex.
- 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: Charles Doolittle Walcott Triple: [Burgess Shale, discoveredBy, Charles Doolittle Walcott]
Generated description
Charles Doolittle Walcott was an American paleontologist and Smithsonian administrator best known for his pioneering early-20th-century work on Cambrian fossils, including the famous Burgess Shale fauna.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Doolittle Walcott Target entity description: Charles Doolittle Walcott was an American paleontologist and Smithsonian administrator best known for his pioneering early-20th-century work on Cambrian fossils, including the famous Burgess Shale fauna.
-
A.
Othniel Charles Marsh
Othniel Charles Marsh was a pioneering 19th-century American paleontologist known for his extensive dinosaur discoveries and his central role in the “Bone Wars” fossil-hunting rivalry.
-
B.
George Montague Wheeler
George Montague Wheeler was a 19th-century American surveyor and army officer best known for leading the Wheeler Survey, a major U.S. government mapping and exploration project of the American West.
-
C.
William Shepard Wetmore
William Shepard Wetmore was a 19th-century American China trade merchant and prominent Newport, Rhode Island businessman and philanthropist.
-
D.
Charles W. Gilmore
Charles W. Gilmore was an American paleontologist known for his extensive work on dinosaur fossils at the Smithsonian Institution in the early 20th century.
-
E.
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn was an American paleontologist and museum president best known for his influential work on dinosaur classification and the early description of iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex.
- 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_69d85a0ce24c81909c4d3b6475548c95 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0078a9318819081db3b7bcc28e04f |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fedd3397a48190bae8b2a359ee4ae8 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fedf8589888190b705177fc6efdde0 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fee0e3fc9881909f67a86d67a3f61b |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.