Triple

T15391046
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wadi El Hitan E368044 entity
Predicate containsFossilsOf P9689 FINISHED
Object Dorudon atrox
Dorudon atrox is an extinct basilosaurid whale from the late Eocene, known for its fully aquatic body and well-preserved fossils that illuminate early whale evolution.
E1155713 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: Dorudon atrox | Statement: [Wadi El Hitan, containsFossilsOf, Dorudon atrox]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorudon atrox
Context triple: [Wadi El Hitan, containsFossilsOf, Dorudon atrox]
  • A. Basilosaurus isis
    Basilosaurus isis is an extinct, large early whale species from the late Eocene known for its elongated body and well-preserved fossils that illuminate the transition from land-dwelling to fully aquatic cetaceans.
  • B. Cinetodus
    Cinetodus is a genus of eeltail catfishes known from freshwater and coastal habitats in the Australasian region.
  • C. Goringhaiqua
    The Goringhaiqua were a Khoikhoi pastoralist group in the Cape region of South Africa, historically known for their resistance to early Dutch colonial expansion.
  • D. Belodontichthys dinema
    Belodontichthys dinema is a species of sheatfish in the family Siluridae, known as a large predatory freshwater catfish native to Southeast Asian river systems.
  • E. Siluranodon
    Siluranodon is a genus of African catfishes known for their elongated bodies and membership in the family Schilbeidae.
  • 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: Dorudon atrox
Triple: [Wadi El Hitan, containsFossilsOf, Dorudon atrox]
Generated description
Dorudon atrox is an extinct basilosaurid whale from the late Eocene, known for its fully aquatic body and well-preserved fossils that illuminate early whale evolution.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorudon atrox
Target entity description: Dorudon atrox is an extinct basilosaurid whale from the late Eocene, known for its fully aquatic body and well-preserved fossils that illuminate early whale evolution.
  • A. Basilosaurus isis
    Basilosaurus isis is an extinct, large early whale species from the late Eocene known for its elongated body and well-preserved fossils that illuminate the transition from land-dwelling to fully aquatic cetaceans.
  • B. Cinetodus
    Cinetodus is a genus of eeltail catfishes known from freshwater and coastal habitats in the Australasian region.
  • C. Goringhaiqua
    The Goringhaiqua were a Khoikhoi pastoralist group in the Cape region of South Africa, historically known for their resistance to early Dutch colonial expansion.
  • D. Belodontichthys dinema
    Belodontichthys dinema is a species of sheatfish in the family Siluridae, known as a large predatory freshwater catfish native to Southeast Asian river systems.
  • E. Siluranodon
    Siluranodon is a genus of African catfishes known for their elongated bodies and membership in the family Schilbeidae.
  • 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_69d85a1551a08190ba2caea7cd51c639 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03e7727a081908eff45bbc1633c8a completed April 16, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff1a6d35148190aa4dc0c2a7bf849d completed May 9, 2026, 11:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff1b3c563481908418411a977df343 completed May 9, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff1c0ad5448190903dc38f78512f3b completed May 9, 2026, 11:35 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:19 a.m.