Triple
T22475254
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Australopithecus afarensis |
E555611
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entity |
| Predicate | discoveredBy |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Donald Johanson |
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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: Donald Johanson | Statement: [Australopithecus afarensis, discoveredBy, Donald Johanson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Johanson Context triple: [Australopithecus afarensis, discoveredBy, Donald Johanson]
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A.
Donald Johanson
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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_69e11e52c2048190952dc5df209b9bed |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15be3930c8190ba967196df7e083f |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:16 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:49 p.m.