Triple

T15223437
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burgess Shale E363816 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life"
Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life" is a popular science work that explores the evolutionary significance and contingency revealed by the Cambrian fossils of the Burgess Shale.
E1145877 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: Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life" | Statement: [Burgess Shale, influenced, Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life"
Context triple: [Burgess Shale, influenced, Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life"]
  • A. Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea
    Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea is a popular science book that explains the history, mechanisms, and evidence for evolutionary theory in an accessible and engaging way.
  • B. Stephen Jay Gould
    Stephen Jay Gould was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science essayist known for his work on punctuated equilibrium and for popularizing evolutionary theory.
  • C. The Greatest Show on Earth
    The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 American circus-themed drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
  • D. The Greatest Show on Earth
    The Greatest Show on Earth is a vibrant annual Carnival celebration in Trinidad and Tobago renowned for its elaborate costumes, energetic music, and exuberant street parades.
  • E. The Greatest Show on Earth
    The Greatest Show on Earth is a popular science book by Richard Dawkins that presents the evidence for evolution in a clear, accessible, and comprehensive way.
  • 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: Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life"
Triple: [Burgess Shale, influenced, Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life"]
Generated description
Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life" is a popular science work that explores the evolutionary significance and contingency revealed by the Cambrian fossils of the Burgess Shale.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life"
Target entity description: Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life" is a popular science work that explores the evolutionary significance and contingency revealed by the Cambrian fossils of the Burgess Shale.
  • A. Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea
    Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea is a popular science book that explains the history, mechanisms, and evidence for evolutionary theory in an accessible and engaging way.
  • B. Stephen Jay Gould
    Stephen Jay Gould was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science essayist known for his work on punctuated equilibrium and for popularizing evolutionary theory.
  • C. The Greatest Show on Earth
    The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 American circus-themed drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
  • D. The Greatest Show on Earth
    The Greatest Show on Earth is a vibrant annual Carnival celebration in Trinidad and Tobago renowned for its elaborate costumes, energetic music, and exuberant street parades.
  • E. The Greatest Show on Earth
    The Greatest Show on Earth is a popular science book by Richard Dawkins that presents the evidence for evolution in a clear, accessible, and comprehensive way.
  • 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.