Triple

T18237616
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject theory of punctuated equilibrium E436721 entity
Predicate publishedIn P309 FINISHED
Object book "Models in Paleobiology" 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: book "Models in Paleobiology" | Statement: [theory of punctuated equilibrium, publishedIn, book "Models in Paleobiology"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: book "Models in Paleobiology"
Context triple: [theory of punctuated equilibrium, publishedIn, book "Models in Paleobiology"]
  • A. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology
    Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology is a scholarly monographic series published by the Smithsonian Institution that presents original research in paleontology and related fields.
  • B. Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology
    Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology is the hypothesis that animal lineages tend to evolve toward larger body sizes over geological time.
  • C. On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
    "On the Imperfection of the Geological Record" is a chapter in Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species* that addresses why the fossil record is incomplete and how this affects evidence for evolutionary change.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life"
    Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life" is a popular science work that explores the evolutionary significance and contingency revealed by the Cambrian fossils of the Burgess Shale.
  • 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: book "Models in Paleobiology"
Target entity description: "Models in Paleobiology" is an influential 1972 edited volume in evolutionary biology that helped introduce quantitative and theoretical approaches to paleontology, including the formulation of punctuated equilibrium.
  • A. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology
    Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology is a scholarly monographic series published by the Smithsonian Institution that presents original research in paleontology and related fields.
  • B. Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology
    Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology is the hypothesis that animal lineages tend to evolve toward larger body sizes over geological time.
  • C. On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
    "On the Imperfection of the Geological Record" is a chapter in Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species* that addresses why the fossil record is incomplete and how this affects evidence for evolutionary change.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life"
    Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life" is a popular science work that explores the evolutionary significance and contingency revealed by the Cambrian fossils of the Burgess Shale.
  • 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_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.