Triple
T2920721
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Dominant Animal |
E78714
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasContributor |
P4244
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Paul R. Ehrlich |
E15858
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Paul R. Ehrlich | Statement: [The Dominant Animal, hasContributor, Paul R. Ehrlich]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul R. Ehrlich Context triple: [The Dominant Animal, hasContributor, Paul R. Ehrlich]
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A.
Paul R. Ehrlich
chosen
Paul R. Ehrlich is an American biologist and population studies scholar best known for his influential and controversial work on overpopulation and environmental sustainability, including the book "The Population Bomb."
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B.
Anne H. Ehrlich
Anne H. Ehrlich is an American environmentalist and author known for her collaborative work on population, ecology, and conservation issues, often co-writing influential books and articles with her husband, biologist Paul R. Ehrlich.
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C.
Lester R. Brown
Lester R. Brown is an American environmental analyst, author, and founder of the Earth Policy Institute, widely recognized for his influential work on global sustainability and resource issues.
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D.
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Thomas E. Lovejoy was an influential American ecologist and conservation biologist known for pioneering work on biodiversity, tropical forest conservation, and the concept of "debt of extinction."
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E.
Ricardo Ehrlich
Ricardo Ehrlich is a Uruguayan biochemist and politician who served as Minister of Education and Culture and was previously the mayor (intendant) of Montevideo.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69ad8b0c2ad081909ff87050ae542bb9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad96a672f88190851e487dac18d43f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1eed825108190b3db9728d0c95fd6 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 10:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:54 p.m.