Triple
T23547662
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Henry Brewer |
E577948
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Botanical reports for the California Geological Survey |
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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: Botanical reports for the California Geological Survey | Statement: [William Henry Brewer, notableWork, Botanical reports for the California Geological Survey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Botanical reports for the California Geological Survey Context triple: [William Henry Brewer, notableWork, Botanical reports for the California Geological Survey]
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A.
Botany (Fortieth Parallel Survey report)
Botany (Fortieth Parallel Survey report) is a 19th-century scientific volume documenting and classifying the plant life encountered during the U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel in the American West.
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B.
Flora of the Western United States
Flora of the Western United States encompasses the diverse native plant life found across the region’s varied ecosystems, from coastal forests and mountain conifers to deserts and grasslands.
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C.
Manual of Botany for the Northern States
Manual of Botany for the Northern States is an early 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically catalogues and describes the plant species of the northern United States.
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D.
New Flora and Botany of North America
New Flora and Botany of North America is a 19th-century botanical work by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque that catalogues and describes numerous North American plant species, including many he newly classified.
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E.
Manual of Botany
Manual of Botany is a foundational botanical textbook by John Merle Coulter that systematically describes and classifies North American plant species for scientific and educational use.
- 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: Botanical reports for the California Geological Survey Target entity description: Botanical reports for the California Geological Survey is a foundational 19th-century botanical survey documenting the flora of California, authored by American botanist William Henry Brewer as part of the state’s early geological exploration.
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A.
Botany (Fortieth Parallel Survey report)
Botany (Fortieth Parallel Survey report) is a 19th-century scientific volume documenting and classifying the plant life encountered during the U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel in the American West.
-
B.
Flora of the Western United States
Flora of the Western United States encompasses the diverse native plant life found across the region’s varied ecosystems, from coastal forests and mountain conifers to deserts and grasslands.
-
C.
Manual of Botany for the Northern States
Manual of Botany for the Northern States is an early 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically catalogues and describes the plant species of the northern United States.
-
D.
New Flora and Botany of North America
New Flora and Botany of North America is a 19th-century botanical work by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque that catalogues and describes numerous North American plant species, including many he newly classified.
-
E.
Manual of Botany
Manual of Botany is a foundational botanical textbook by John Merle Coulter that systematically describes and classifies North American plant species for scientific and educational use.
- 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_69e245fa93448190919cb04534560542 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1aecc2af08190aec07cf9126d4e72 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:11 p.m.