Triple

T15223413
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burgess Shale E363816 entity
Predicate containsFossilsOf P9689 FINISHED
Object Hallucigenia
Hallucigenia is a bizarre, extinct Cambrian worm-like creature known for its spines and tentacle-like limbs, famously reconstructed from fossils in the Burgess Shale.
E1147649 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: Hallucigenia | Statement: [Burgess Shale, containsFossilsOf, Hallucigenia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hallucigenia
Context triple: [Burgess Shale, containsFossilsOf, Hallucigenia]
  • A. Histriomastix
    Histriomastix is a late-Elizabethan satirical play, often attributed to John Marston, that fiercely criticizes the moral corruption and excesses of contemporary theatre and society.
  • B. Marrella
    Marrella is an extinct, small, soft-bodied arthropod known from the Burgess Shale, notable for its distinctive spined head shield and importance in understanding early Cambrian marine ecosystems.
  • C. Opabinia
    Opabinia is an extinct, soft-bodied marine animal from the Cambrian period, notable for its five eyes and long, flexible proboscis, known primarily from fossils in the Burgess Shale.
  • D. Xenaploactis
    Xenaploactis is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling velvetfishes known from marine waters in the Indo-Pacific region.
  • E. Anomalocaris
    Anomalocaris was a large, predatory marine arthropod-like creature from the Cambrian period, notable for its grasping frontal appendages and circular, toothed mouth.
  • 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: Hallucigenia
Triple: [Burgess Shale, containsFossilsOf, Hallucigenia]
Generated description
Hallucigenia is a bizarre, extinct Cambrian worm-like creature known for its spines and tentacle-like limbs, famously reconstructed from fossils in the Burgess Shale.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hallucigenia
Target entity description: Hallucigenia is a bizarre, extinct Cambrian worm-like creature known for its spines and tentacle-like limbs, famously reconstructed from fossils in the Burgess Shale.
  • A. Histriomastix
    Histriomastix is a late-Elizabethan satirical play, often attributed to John Marston, that fiercely criticizes the moral corruption and excesses of contemporary theatre and society.
  • B. Marrella
    Marrella is an extinct, small, soft-bodied arthropod known from the Burgess Shale, notable for its distinctive spined head shield and importance in understanding early Cambrian marine ecosystems.
  • C. Opabinia
    Opabinia is an extinct, soft-bodied marine animal from the Cambrian period, notable for its five eyes and long, flexible proboscis, known primarily from fossils in the Burgess Shale.
  • D. Xenaploactis
    Xenaploactis is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling velvetfishes known from marine waters in the Indo-Pacific region.
  • E. Anomalocaris
    Anomalocaris was a large, predatory marine arthropod-like creature from the Cambrian period, notable for its grasping frontal appendages and circular, toothed mouth.
  • 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_69fee5ebb8d48190b4afc540da8e6a4b completed May 9, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fee76c54dc8190b6f4231b7f9880b0 completed May 9, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69feeb7fbc9c8190a8d08b03347ed2b2 completed May 9, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.