Triple
T22116786
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | C. K. Brain |
E546564
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | The Hunters or the Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy |
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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: The Hunters or the Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy | Statement: [C. K. Brain, notableWork, The Hunters or the Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hunters or the Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy Context triple: [C. K. Brain, notableWork, The Hunters or the Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy]
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A.
Sequences in Prehistoric Remains
"Sequences in Prehistoric Remains" is an influential archaeological work by Flinders Petrie that introduced systematic seriation methods for dating and organizing prehistoric artifacts.
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B.
The Lost World of the Kalahari (introduction/related work)
The Lost World of the Kalahari (introduction/related work) is a piece by David Roberts that revisits and contextualizes Laurens van der Post’s classic account of the Kalahari, examining its legacy, accuracy, and impact on perceptions of the region and its people.
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C.
Methods and Aims in Archaeology
Methods and Aims in Archaeology is a foundational archaeological treatise by Flinders Petrie that helped establish systematic excavation techniques and scientific methodology in the discipline.
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D.
South African karst fossil localities
chosen
South African karst fossil localities are a cluster of limestone cave and sinkhole sites renowned for preserving rich assemblages of prehistoric animal remains and early hominin fossils.
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E.
A Hunter’s Wanderings in Africa
A Hunter’s Wanderings in Africa is a classic 19th-century hunting and travel memoir by British explorer Frederick Selous, recounting his big-game expeditions and observations of wildlife and landscapes in southern Africa.
- 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_69e11e38b3848190ac3a4fa97d56e65a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1294e85708190b455846bacbdfd03 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:31 p.m.