Triple

T16402314
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zygophyllaceae E398330 entity
Predicate containsTaxon P9413 FINISHED
Object Guaiacum
Guaiacum is a small genus of slow-growing, dense hardwood trees and shrubs native to the Americas, best known for producing lignum vitae, one of the hardest commercial timbers and a traditional medicinal resin.
 E1211668 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: Guaiacum | Statement: [Zygophyllaceae, containsTaxon, Guaiacum]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Guaiacum
Context triple: [Zygophyllaceae, containsTaxon, Guaiacum]
  • A. Guaiacum sanctum
    Guaiacum sanctum is a slow-growing tropical hardwood tree native to the Caribbean and Central America, renowned for its extremely dense, durable wood and historical medicinal uses.
  • B. Styrax
    Styrax is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their fragrant, bell-shaped blossoms and aromatic resins, commonly found in temperate and subtropical regions.
  • C. Quassia
    Quassia is a genus of tropical flowering plants known for their intensely bitter compounds, which are used in traditional medicine and as natural insecticides.
  • D. Sapindus
    Sapindus is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as soapberries or soapnuts, noted for their saponin-rich fruits traditionally used as a natural soap and detergent.
  • E. Camptotheca
    Camptotheca is a small genus of deciduous trees native to China, best known for producing the anticancer compound camptothecin.
  • 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: Guaiacum
Triple: [Zygophyllaceae, containsTaxon, Guaiacum]
Generated description
Guaiacum is a small genus of slow-growing, dense hardwood trees and shrubs native to the Americas, best known for producing lignum vitae, one of the hardest commercial timbers and a traditional medicinal resin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Guaiacum
Target entity description: Guaiacum is a small genus of slow-growing, dense hardwood trees and shrubs native to the Americas, best known for producing lignum vitae, one of the hardest commercial timbers and a traditional medicinal resin.
  • A. Guaiacum sanctum
    Guaiacum sanctum is a slow-growing tropical hardwood tree native to the Caribbean and Central America, renowned for its extremely dense, durable wood and historical medicinal uses.
  • B. Styrax
    Styrax is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their fragrant, bell-shaped blossoms and aromatic resins, commonly found in temperate and subtropical regions.
  • C. Quassia
    Quassia is a genus of tropical flowering plants known for their intensely bitter compounds, which are used in traditional medicine and as natural insecticides.
  • D. Sapindus
    Sapindus is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as soapberries or soapnuts, noted for their saponin-rich fruits traditionally used as a natural soap and detergent.
  • E. Camptotheca
    Camptotheca is a small genus of deciduous trees native to China, best known for producing the anticancer compound camptothecin.
  • 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_69d87f2950248190bc8ad9b9bebdc8c8 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e327d0652081908f42f78b156f3ae7 completed April 18, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a003c6094e481909aa7402fd17fedae completed May 10, 2026, 8:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a003dd7e9d481908822da391112eb39 completed May 10, 2026, 8:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a003eb6aa748190b0c8866af405794a completed May 10, 2026, 8:15 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:09 a.m.