Triple

T1584139
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Horsfield E34032 entity
Predicate hasEponym P12247 FINISHED
Object Horsfield's fruit bat
Horsfield's fruit bat is a medium-sized Old World fruit bat species native to parts of South and Southeast Asia, known for its frugivorous diet and role in seed dispersal.
E179352 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: Horsfield's fruit bat | Statement: [Thomas Horsfield, hasEponym, Horsfield's fruit bat]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horsfield's fruit bat
Context triple: [Thomas Horsfield, hasEponym, Horsfield's fruit bat]
  • A. Rodrigues fruit bat
    The Rodrigues fruit bat is a large, critically endangered flying fox species native to Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, known for its vital role in pollination and seed dispersal.
  • B. spectacled flying fox
    The spectacled flying fox is a large, fruit-eating megabat native to northeastern Australia and nearby regions, recognizable by the pale rings around its eyes that give it a “spectacled” appearance.
  • C. Mexican long-tongued bat
    The Mexican long-tongued bat is a nectar-feeding bat species native to Mexico and the southwestern United States, known for its elongated tongue adapted for pollinating night-blooming cacti and other desert plants.
  • D. Pipistrello
    Pipistrello is the nickname of the Savoia-Marchetti SM.81, an Italian three-engined bomber and transport aircraft used prominently during the 1930s and World War II.
  • E. Pteropodidae
    Pteropodidae is a family of large, primarily frugivorous Old World bats commonly known as flying foxes or fruit bats.
  • 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: Horsfield's fruit bat
Triple: [Thomas Horsfield, hasEponym, Horsfield's fruit bat]
Generated description
Horsfield's fruit bat is a medium-sized Old World fruit bat species native to parts of South and Southeast Asia, known for its frugivorous diet and role in seed dispersal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horsfield's fruit bat
Target entity description: Horsfield's fruit bat is a medium-sized Old World fruit bat species native to parts of South and Southeast Asia, known for its frugivorous diet and role in seed dispersal.
  • A. Rodrigues fruit bat
    The Rodrigues fruit bat is a large, critically endangered flying fox species native to Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, known for its vital role in pollination and seed dispersal.
  • B. spectacled flying fox
    The spectacled flying fox is a large, fruit-eating megabat native to northeastern Australia and nearby regions, recognizable by the pale rings around its eyes that give it a “spectacled” appearance.
  • C. Mexican long-tongued bat
    The Mexican long-tongued bat is a nectar-feeding bat species native to Mexico and the southwestern United States, known for its elongated tongue adapted for pollinating night-blooming cacti and other desert plants.
  • D. Pipistrello
    Pipistrello is the nickname of the Savoia-Marchetti SM.81, an Italian three-engined bomber and transport aircraft used prominently during the 1930s and World War II.
  • E. Pteropodidae
    Pteropodidae is a family of large, primarily frugivorous Old World bats commonly known as flying foxes or fruit bats.
  • 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_69a885fceb2c8190b47e0f7c0aefbff0 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a908f0e72c8190bb7a2a0c77379060 completed March 5, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad4035dd7c8190817301c0a2b0b938 completed March 8, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad411829fc81909f9dc88b3d55d431 completed March 8, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad417fa778819092ebabad8bdcddd3 completed March 8, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.