Triple

T1762390
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ernst Mayr E38684 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Animal Species and Evolution
"Animal Species and Evolution" is a landmark 1963 book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that helped shape modern evolutionary theory by synthesizing ideas on species, speciation, and population genetics.
E195509 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: Animal Species and Evolution | Statement: [Ernst Mayr, notableWork, Animal Species and Evolution]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Animal Species and Evolution
Context triple: [Ernst Mayr, notableWork, Animal Species and Evolution]
  • A. The Geographical Distribution of Animals
    The Geographical Distribution of Animals is a foundational 19th-century biogeography work by Alfred Russel Wallace that systematically analyzes how and why animal species are distributed across different regions of the world.
  • B. The Causes of Evolution
    The Causes of Evolution is a foundational 1932 book by geneticist J. B. S. Haldane that helped establish the modern synthesis by mathematically integrating Mendelian genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
  • C. The Major Features of Evolution
    The Major Features of Evolution is a foundational work in evolutionary biology that helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis by integrating genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
  • D. History of Animals
    History of Animals is an influential zoological treatise by Aristotle that systematically examines the anatomy, behavior, and classification of animals in one of the earliest scientific studies of living creatures.
  • E. The Behavior of Organisms
    The Behavior of Organisms is B. F. Skinner’s foundational 1938 book that systematically outlines the principles of operant conditioning and experimental analysis of behavior.
  • 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: Animal Species and Evolution
Triple: [Ernst Mayr, notableWork, Animal Species and Evolution]
Generated description
"Animal Species and Evolution" is a landmark 1963 book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that helped shape modern evolutionary theory by synthesizing ideas on species, speciation, and population genetics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Animal Species and Evolution
Target entity description: "Animal Species and Evolution" is a landmark 1963 book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that helped shape modern evolutionary theory by synthesizing ideas on species, speciation, and population genetics.
  • A. The Geographical Distribution of Animals
    The Geographical Distribution of Animals is a foundational 19th-century biogeography work by Alfred Russel Wallace that systematically analyzes how and why animal species are distributed across different regions of the world.
  • B. The Causes of Evolution
    The Causes of Evolution is a foundational 1932 book by geneticist J. B. S. Haldane that helped establish the modern synthesis by mathematically integrating Mendelian genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
  • C. The Major Features of Evolution
    The Major Features of Evolution is a foundational work in evolutionary biology that helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis by integrating genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
  • D. History of Animals
    History of Animals is an influential zoological treatise by Aristotle that systematically examines the anatomy, behavior, and classification of animals in one of the earliest scientific studies of living creatures.
  • E. The Behavior of Organisms
    The Behavior of Organisms is B. F. Skinner’s foundational 1938 book that systematically outlines the principles of operant conditioning and experimental analysis of behavior.
  • 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_69a8862d562481908d7025a1c1f67c0d completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa6463ac0081909e9ebe6ebf1db857 completed March 6, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada0eef69c8190a4d5c8fdaa02603a completed March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ada207c50881909729bf565c2af9dd completed March 8, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ada2c607fc819089d276ae9eca82a4 completed March 8, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.