Triple

T16199579
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zalophus japonicus E393160 entity
Predicate commonName P570 FINISHED
Object Japanese sea lion
The Japanese sea lion was a now-extinct species of eared seal once native to the coastal waters of Japan and nearby regions in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
E1201538 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: Japanese sea lion | Statement: [Zalophus japonicus, commonName, Japanese sea lion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese sea lion
Context triple: [Zalophus japonicus, commonName, Japanese sea lion]
  • A. South American sea lion
    The South American sea lion is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of South America, known for its robust build, loud barking calls, and colonies that gather on rocky shores and islands.
  • B. Hooker’s sea lion
    Hooker’s sea lion is a rare and endangered sea lion species native to New Zealand’s subantarctic islands and southern coasts.
  • C. Steller sea lion
    The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
  • D. New Zealand fur seal
    The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
  • E. Cape fur seal
    The Cape fur seal is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of southern Africa and Namibia, known for forming dense breeding colonies on rocky shores and beaches.
  • 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: Japanese sea lion
Triple: [Zalophus japonicus, commonName, Japanese sea lion]
Generated description
The Japanese sea lion was a now-extinct species of eared seal once native to the coastal waters of Japan and nearby regions in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese sea lion
Target entity description: The Japanese sea lion was a now-extinct species of eared seal once native to the coastal waters of Japan and nearby regions in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
  • A. South American sea lion
    The South American sea lion is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of South America, known for its robust build, loud barking calls, and colonies that gather on rocky shores and islands.
  • B. Hooker’s sea lion
    Hooker’s sea lion is a rare and endangered sea lion species native to New Zealand’s subantarctic islands and southern coasts.
  • C. Steller sea lion
    The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
  • D. New Zealand fur seal
    The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
  • E. Cape fur seal
    The Cape fur seal is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of southern Africa and Namibia, known for forming dense breeding colonies on rocky shores and beaches.
  • 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_69d87f1f5bd08190bd01cac0d5b9d2ef completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e222de2db481908471b9c73d444607 completed April 17, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a000ecf454081909660f4ab9c556ddc completed May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a000f5471308190a68961b4fbce46aa completed May 10, 2026, 4:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a000fae428081909a246f0f8e284541 completed May 10, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:03 a.m.