Triple
T17362325
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William John Burchell |
E422098
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasEponym |
P12247
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Burchell's starling |
—
|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 starling | Statement: [William John Burchell, hasEponym, Burchell's starling]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burchell's starling Context triple: [William John Burchell, hasEponym, Burchell's starling]
-
A.
Vidua finches
Vidua finches are a group of brood-parasitic African songbirds that lay their eggs in the nests of other finch species, leaving the hosts to raise their young.
-
B.
Calamospiza melanocorys
Calamospiza melanocorys is the lark bunting, a medium-sized North American sparrow known for the male’s striking black-and-white breeding plumage and melodious song.
-
C.
Temminck’s seedeater
Temminck’s seedeater is a small Neotropical songbird in the tanager family, known for its seed-based diet and occurrence in open and semi-open habitats of South America.
-
D.
Coccothraustes
Coccothraustes is a small genus of robust, thick-billed finches in the family Fringillidae, best known for the hawfinch.
-
E.
Haemorhous cassinii
Haemorhous cassinii, commonly known as Cassin's finch, is a small North American songbird characterized by its rosy-red plumage in males and its preference for coniferous forest habitats in western mountainous regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burchell's starling Target entity description: Burchell's starling is a glossy, iridescent blue-green starling species native to southern Africa, named in honor of the English naturalist William John Burchell.
-
A.
Vidua finches
Vidua finches are a group of brood-parasitic African songbirds that lay their eggs in the nests of other finch species, leaving the hosts to raise their young.
-
B.
Calamospiza melanocorys
Calamospiza melanocorys is the lark bunting, a medium-sized North American sparrow known for the male’s striking black-and-white breeding plumage and melodious song.
-
C.
Temminck’s seedeater
Temminck’s seedeater is a small Neotropical songbird in the tanager family, known for its seed-based diet and occurrence in open and semi-open habitats of South America.
-
D.
Coccothraustes
Coccothraustes is a small genus of robust, thick-billed finches in the family Fringillidae, best known for the hawfinch.
-
E.
Haemorhous cassinii
Haemorhous cassinii, commonly known as Cassin's finch, is a small North American songbird characterized by its rosy-red plumage in males and its preference for coniferous forest habitats in western mountainous regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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.