Triple

T1762391

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Ernst Mayr	`E38684`	entity
Predicate	notableWork	`P4`	FINISHED
Object	The Growth of Biological Thought The Growth of Biological Thought is a landmark 1982 book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that traces the historical development and conceptual foundations of modern biology, especially evolutionary theory and systematics.	`E195510`	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: The Growth of Biological Thought | Statement: [Ernst Mayr, notableWork, The Growth of Biological Thought]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Growth of Biological Thought
Context triple: [Ernst Mayr, notableWork, The Growth of Biological Thought]

A. Essays of a Biologist
Essays of a Biologist is a collection of influential essays by evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley that explores biology’s implications for human society, philosophy, and the modern worldview.
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 Diversity of Life
The Diversity of Life is a landmark book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the richness of Earth’s species, the processes that generate biodiversity, and the threats posed by human activity.
D. The Science of Life
The Science of Life is a landmark early 20th-century biology book co-authored by H.G. Wells, his son George Philip Wells, and Julian Huxley that presents modern biological science in an accessible, encyclopedic form.
E. Bergsonianism
Bergsonianism is a philosophical movement based on Henri Bergson’s ideas about intuition, duration, and creative evolution, which significantly influenced thinkers such as Georges Sorel.
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: The Growth of Biological Thought
Triple: [Ernst Mayr, notableWork, The Growth of Biological Thought]

Generated description

The Growth of Biological Thought is a landmark 1982 book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that traces the historical development and conceptual foundations of modern biology, especially evolutionary theory and systematics.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Growth of Biological Thought
Target entity description: The Growth of Biological Thought is a landmark 1982 book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that traces the historical development and conceptual foundations of modern biology, especially evolutionary theory and systematics.

A. Essays of a Biologist
Essays of a Biologist is a collection of influential essays by evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley that explores biology’s implications for human society, philosophy, and the modern worldview.
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 Diversity of Life
The Diversity of Life is a landmark book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the richness of Earth’s species, the processes that generate biodiversity, and the threats posed by human activity.
D. The Science of Life
The Science of Life is a landmark early 20th-century biology book co-authored by H.G. Wells, his son George Philip Wells, and Julian Huxley that presents modern biological science in an accessible, encyclopedic form.
E. Bergsonianism
Bergsonianism is a philosophical movement based on Henri Bergson’s ideas about intuition, duration, and creative evolution, which significantly influenced thinkers such as Georges Sorel.
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.