Triple
T2727091
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Physocarpus |
E60219
|
entity |
| Predicate | genusAuthor |
P7386
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Nuttall
Thomas Nuttall was a 19th-century English-born American botanist and zoologist known for his extensive exploration and classification of North American flora and fauna.
|
E292511
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Thomas Nuttall | Statement: [Physocarpus, genusAuthor, Thomas Nuttall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Nuttall Context triple: [Physocarpus, genusAuthor, Thomas Nuttall]
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A.
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Joseph Dalton Hooker was a prominent 19th-century British botanist and explorer who served as director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and was a close collaborator of Charles Darwin.
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B.
George Bentham
George Bentham was a prominent 19th-century British botanist renowned for his extensive work in plant taxonomy and for co-authoring the influential "Genera Plantarum."
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C.
Philip Miller
Philip Miller was an 18th-century Scottish botanist and chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden, renowned for his influential horticultural reference work "The Gardener's Dictionary."
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D.
Ferdinand von Mueller
Ferdinand von Mueller was a prominent 19th-century German-Australian botanist and explorer who made major contributions to the study and classification of Australian flora.
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E.
John Stevens Henslow
John Stevens Henslow was a 19th-century English clergyman, botanist, and geologist best known as Charles Darwin’s mentor and a pioneering botanical educator.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Thomas Nuttall Triple: [Physocarpus, genusAuthor, Thomas Nuttall]
Generated description
Thomas Nuttall was a 19th-century English-born American botanist and zoologist known for his extensive exploration and classification of North American flora and fauna.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Nuttall Target entity description: Thomas Nuttall was a 19th-century English-born American botanist and zoologist known for his extensive exploration and classification of North American flora and fauna.
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A.
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Joseph Dalton Hooker was a prominent 19th-century British botanist and explorer who served as director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and was a close collaborator of Charles Darwin.
-
B.
George Bentham
George Bentham was a prominent 19th-century British botanist renowned for his extensive work in plant taxonomy and for co-authoring the influential "Genera Plantarum."
-
C.
Philip Miller
Philip Miller was an 18th-century Scottish botanist and chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden, renowned for his influential horticultural reference work "The Gardener's Dictionary."
-
D.
Ferdinand von Mueller
Ferdinand von Mueller was a prominent 19th-century German-Australian botanist and explorer who made major contributions to the study and classification of Australian flora.
-
E.
John Stevens Henslow
John Stevens Henslow was a 19th-century English clergyman, botanist, and geologist best known as Charles Darwin’s mentor and a pioneering botanical educator.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: genusAuthor Context triple: [Physocarpus, genusAuthor, Thomas Nuttall]
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A.
hasGenus
Indicates that one entity belongs to, or is classified under, the biological genus represented by the other entity.
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B.
genusIncludes
Indicates that a particular genus contains or encompasses the specified subordinate taxonomic entities (such as species or subspecies).
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C.
notableGenus
Indicates that one entity is a genus that is especially prominent, well-known, or significant in relation to the other entity.
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D.
taxonomicAuthority
chosen
Indicates the entity that formally described, named, or classified another entity in a taxonomic context.
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E.
botanicalAuthorAbbreviation
Indicates the standardized abbreviated form of a botanist’s name used to cite them as the author of a plant’s scientific name.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69ab4b75cd908190b691ef0d1801acda |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdace9f308190964a064859612cd6 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afb6982974819089d0ef4a59cc4085 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afb7166d788190ac219fe3c3e164fe |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afb7acf3588190813bde4428dfe5f4 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:18 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abd82586f88190a98f60d3247fe2d3 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.