Triple
T22475217
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Australopithecus afarensis |
E555611
|
entity |
| Predicate | LucyDiscoverer |
P87260
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Donald Johanson |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Donald Johanson | Statement: [Australopithecus afarensis, LucyDiscoverer, Donald Johanson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Johanson Context triple: [Australopithecus afarensis, LucyDiscoverer, Donald Johanson]
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A.
Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey was a renowned Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and political figure known for his groundbreaking fossil discoveries on human evolution and his leadership in wildlife protection.
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B.
Timothy P. White
Timothy P. White is an American academic leader and kinesiologist who served as chancellor of the California State University system and previously led the University of California, Riverside.
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C.
Robert Broom
Robert Broom was a Scottish-South African paleontologist renowned for his pioneering discoveries of early hominin fossils that significantly advanced understanding of human evolution.
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D.
Nicholas J. Conard
Nicholas J. Conard is a prehistorian and archaeologist known for his excavations in the Swabian Jura that uncovered some of the earliest examples of figurative art and musical instruments.
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E.
Raymond Dart
Raymond Dart was an Australian anatomist and anthropologist best known for identifying the Taung Child fossil and proposing the species Australopithecus africanus, which significantly advanced understanding of human evolution.
- 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: Donald Johanson Target entity description: Donald Johanson is an American paleoanthropologist best known for discovering the famous early hominin fossil "Lucy," which significantly advanced understanding of human evolution.
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A.
Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey was a renowned Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and political figure known for his groundbreaking fossil discoveries on human evolution and his leadership in wildlife protection.
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B.
Timothy P. White
Timothy P. White is an American academic leader and kinesiologist who served as chancellor of the California State University system and previously led the University of California, Riverside.
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C.
Robert Broom
Robert Broom was a Scottish-South African paleontologist renowned for his pioneering discoveries of early hominin fossils that significantly advanced understanding of human evolution.
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D.
Nicholas J. Conard
Nicholas J. Conard is a prehistorian and archaeologist known for his excavations in the Swabian Jura that uncovered some of the earliest examples of figurative art and musical instruments.
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E.
Raymond Dart
Raymond Dart was an Australian anatomist and anthropologist best known for identifying the Taung Child fossil and proposing the species Australopithecus africanus, which significantly advanced understanding of human evolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: LucyDiscoverer Context triple: [Australopithecus afarensis, LucyDiscoverer, Donald Johanson]
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A.
discoveredBy
Indicates that something was found, identified, or brought to light through the efforts or actions of a particular agent.
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B.
subjectOfDiscovery
Indicates that an entity is the topic, object, or focus that has been discovered in a discovery event or process.
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C.
eponymOfDiscovererOf
Indicates that one entity gives its name to the person who discovered another entity.
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D.
causeOfDiscovery
Indicates that one entity is the reason or factor that led to the discovery of another entity.
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E.
fossilDiscoverer
chosen
Indicates the relationship in which an agent is the one who discovered or unearthed a particular fossil.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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_69e11e52c2048190952dc5df209b9bed |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15be3930c8190ba967196df7e083f |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:16 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e898b6eee08190ba673a0ee329e671 |
completed | April 22, 2026, 9:45 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:49 p.m.