Triple
T22191750
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lotka–Volterra models |
E548443
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alfred J. Lotka |
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|
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: Alfred J. Lotka | Statement: [Lotka–Volterra models, namedAfter, Alfred J. Lotka]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred J. Lotka Context triple: [Lotka–Volterra models, namedAfter, Alfred J. Lotka]
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A.
Alfred Gause
Alfred Gause was a German Wehrmacht general who served as a senior staff officer and field commander during World War II, including in the Mediterranean theater.
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B.
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
G. Evelyn Hutchinson was a pioneering 20th-century ecologist often called the "father of modern ecology" for his influential work on ecological niches, limnology, and the theoretical foundations of population and community ecology.
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C.
L. F. Henderson
L. F. Henderson was an early mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Oregon volcano Broken Top.
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D.
Victor E. Shelford
Victor E. Shelford was an American ecologist and pioneer in animal ecology who helped establish ecology as a scientific discipline in the United States.
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E.
Lawrence B. Slobodkin
Lawrence B. Slobodkin was a pioneering American ecologist known for his influential work on population ecology, trophic dynamics, and the theoretical foundations of modern ecology.
- 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: Alfred J. Lotka Target entity description: Alfred J. Lotka was a mathematician and statistician best known as a founder of mathematical demography and for pioneering population dynamics models in ecology.
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A.
Alfred Gause
Alfred Gause was a German Wehrmacht general who served as a senior staff officer and field commander during World War II, including in the Mediterranean theater.
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B.
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
G. Evelyn Hutchinson was a pioneering 20th-century ecologist often called the "father of modern ecology" for his influential work on ecological niches, limnology, and the theoretical foundations of population and community ecology.
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C.
L. F. Henderson
L. F. Henderson was an early mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Oregon volcano Broken Top.
-
D.
Victor E. Shelford
Victor E. Shelford was an American ecologist and pioneer in animal ecology who helped establish ecology as a scientific discipline in the United States.
-
E.
Lawrence B. Slobodkin
Lawrence B. Slobodkin was a pioneering American ecologist known for his influential work on population ecology, trophic dynamics, and the theoretical foundations of modern ecology.
- 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_69e11e3e0c7c8190b30d278845e2497e |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12ae49ec881908fa42446b19e3f2d |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:35 p.m.