Triple
T17125093
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tapinoma sessile |
E415572
|
entity |
| Predicate | describedBy |
P264
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Say
Thomas Say was an early 19th-century American naturalist and entomologist, often called the "father of American entomology" for his pioneering work in describing North American insects and other animals.
|
E1251293
|
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: Thomas Say | Statement: [Tapinoma sessile, describedBy, Thomas Say]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Say Context triple: [Tapinoma sessile, describedBy, Thomas Say]
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A.
Spencer Fullerton Baird
Spencer Fullerton Baird was a 19th-century American naturalist and ornithologist who became the second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and made major contributions to the study and cataloging of North American wildlife.
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B.
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque was a 19th-century polymath naturalist and taxonomist known for his prolific and often controversial descriptions of new species in North America and beyond.
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C.
John Cassin
John Cassin was a 19th-century American ornithologist known for describing numerous bird species and contributing significantly to early American bird taxonomy.
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D.
Samuel Scudder
Samuel Scudder is a DC Comics supervillain better known as the original Mirror Master, an enemy of the Flash who uses advanced mirror technology for crime.
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E.
Caspar F. Goodrich
Caspar F. Goodrich was a United States Navy rear admiral known for his service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including roles in the Spanish–American War and as an influential naval strategist and writer.
- 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: Thomas Say Triple: [Tapinoma sessile, describedBy, Thomas Say]
Generated description
Thomas Say was an early 19th-century American naturalist and entomologist, often called the "father of American entomology" for his pioneering work in describing North American insects and other animals.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Say Target entity description: Thomas Say was an early 19th-century American naturalist and entomologist, often called the "father of American entomology" for his pioneering work in describing North American insects and other animals.
-
A.
Spencer Fullerton Baird
Spencer Fullerton Baird was a 19th-century American naturalist and ornithologist who became the second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and made major contributions to the study and cataloging of North American wildlife.
-
B.
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque was a 19th-century polymath naturalist and taxonomist known for his prolific and often controversial descriptions of new species in North America and beyond.
-
C.
John Cassin
John Cassin was a 19th-century American ornithologist known for describing numerous bird species and contributing significantly to early American bird taxonomy.
-
D.
Samuel Scudder
Samuel Scudder is a DC Comics supervillain better known as the original Mirror Master, an enemy of the Flash who uses advanced mirror technology for crime.
-
E.
Caspar F. Goodrich
Caspar F. Goodrich was a United States Navy rear admiral known for his service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including roles in the Spanish–American War and as an influential naval strategist and writer.
- 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_69d886d090cc8190a39cb94992586905 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3f025fce481908e261f2e363e14f9 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:57 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a013a12a7288190911c1be2667916c0 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a013a8e69388190b8d48d70a28e99bd |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:10 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a013b6824888190853cf36548507e1b |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:36 a.m.