Triple

T15223417
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burgess Shale E363816 entity
Predicate containsFossilsOf P9689 FINISHED
Object Trilobites
Trilobites are an extinct group of marine arthropods with segmented bodies and hard exoskeletons that flourished in Earth’s oceans during the Paleozoic Era.
 E1145874 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: Trilobites | Statement: [Burgess Shale, containsFossilsOf, Trilobites]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Trilobites
Context triple: [Burgess Shale, containsFossilsOf, Trilobites]
  • A. Ammonites
    The Ammonites were an ancient Semitic people living east of the Jordan River, frequently appearing in the Hebrew Bible as adversaries of the Israelites.
  • B. Rangeomorphs
    Rangeomorphs are an extinct group of frond-like Ediacaran organisms characterized by highly branched, fractal body forms that represent some of the earliest complex multicellular life on Earth.
  • C. Anomalocaris
    Anomalocaris was a large, predatory marine arthropod-like creature from the Cambrian period, notable for its grasping frontal appendages and circular, toothed mouth.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Priapulida
    Priapulida is a small phylum of unsegmented, burrowing marine worms known for their cylindrical, eversible proboscis and occurrence in soft seafloor sediments.
  • 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: Trilobites
Triple: [Burgess Shale, containsFossilsOf, Trilobites]
Generated description
Trilobites are an extinct group of marine arthropods with segmented bodies and hard exoskeletons that flourished in Earth’s oceans during the Paleozoic Era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Trilobites
Target entity description: Trilobites are an extinct group of marine arthropods with segmented bodies and hard exoskeletons that flourished in Earth’s oceans during the Paleozoic Era.
  • A. Ammonites
    The Ammonites were an ancient Semitic people living east of the Jordan River, frequently appearing in the Hebrew Bible as adversaries of the Israelites.
  • B. Rangeomorphs
    Rangeomorphs are an extinct group of frond-like Ediacaran organisms characterized by highly branched, fractal body forms that represent some of the earliest complex multicellular life on Earth.
  • C. Anomalocaris
    Anomalocaris was a large, predatory marine arthropod-like creature from the Cambrian period, notable for its grasping frontal appendages and circular, toothed mouth.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Priapulida
    Priapulida is a small phylum of unsegmented, burrowing marine worms known for their cylindrical, eversible proboscis and occurrence in soft seafloor sediments.
  • 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.