Triple
T17362323
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William John Burchell |
E422098
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasEponym |
P12247
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Burchell's zebra |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Burchell's zebra | Statement: [William John Burchell, hasEponym, Burchell's zebra]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burchell's zebra Context triple: [William John Burchell, hasEponym, Burchell's zebra]
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A.
Burchell's zebra
chosen
Burchell's zebra is a common subspecies of plains zebra native to southern Africa, recognizable by its broad black stripes and relatively faint or absent shadow stripes.
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B.
Grevy's zebra
Grevy's zebra is the largest and most endangered species of zebra, native to arid regions of Kenya and Ethiopia and distinguished by its narrow stripes and large, rounded ears.
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C.
Cape mountain zebra
The Cape mountain zebra is an endangered, stocky, and sure-footed zebra subspecies native to South Africa’s mountainous regions, recognizable by its narrow stripes, grid-like rump pattern, and lack of shadow stripes.
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D.
Hartmann's mountain zebra
Hartmann's mountain zebra is a subspecies of mountain zebra native to the arid, rocky regions of southwestern Africa, characterized by its bold striping, lack of shadow stripes, and adaptation to steep, rugged terrain.
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E.
Cookson’s wildebeest
Cookson’s wildebeest is a distinctive, localized subspecies of blue wildebeest found primarily in the Luangwa Valley of Zambia.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d889d520008190a26917a95bf1c2ea |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e43a4e3c3481909dfaa00334c5010e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:44 a.m.