Triple
T18237611
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | theory of punctuated equilibrium |
E436721
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entity |
| Predicate | proposedBy |
P32
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FINISHED |
| Object | Niles Eldredge |
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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: Niles Eldredge | Statement: [theory of punctuated equilibrium, proposedBy, Niles Eldredge]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niles Eldredge Context triple: [theory of punctuated equilibrium, proposedBy, Niles Eldredge]
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A.
Niles Eldredge
chosen
Niles Eldredge is an American paleontologist best known for co-developing the theory of punctuated equilibrium, which proposes that species evolution is characterized by long periods of stability interrupted by brief episodes of rapid change.
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B.
George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologist whose work on fossil mammals and evolutionary theory helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis.
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C.
Alfred Sherwood Romer
Alfred Sherwood Romer was an influential American paleontologist and comparative anatomist renowned for his work on vertebrate evolution and the transition of life from water to land.
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D.
Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science essayist known for his work on punctuated equilibrium and for popularizing evolutionary theory.
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E.
Geoffrey Simpson
Geoffrey Simpson is an Australian cinematographer known for his work on feature films including the 1994 adaptation of "Little Women."
- 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_69d8b91104e08190a8241f7d260a5162 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4f7def3c48190a9a96c8b4911f0f3 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:42 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:33 a.m.