Triple
T18237612
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | theory of punctuated equilibrium |
E436721
|
entity |
| Predicate | proposedBy |
P32
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Stephen Jay Gould |
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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: Stephen Jay Gould | Statement: [theory of punctuated equilibrium, proposedBy, Stephen Jay Gould]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Jay Gould Context triple: [theory of punctuated equilibrium, proposedBy, Stephen Jay Gould]
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A.
Stephen Jay Gould
chosen
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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B.
Niles Eldredge
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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C.
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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D.
Simon Conway Morris
Simon Conway Morris is a British paleontologist renowned for his work on the Cambrian explosion and fossil sites such as the Burgess Shale and Sirius Passet, and for his influential ideas on evolutionary convergence.
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E.
Ian Darwin
Ian Darwin is a software developer and author best known for his contributions to Unix, Java, and open source programming resources.
- 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.