Triple

T3043072
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bureau of Biological Survey E83176 entity
Predicate notableEmployee P304 FINISHED
Object Edward William Nelson
Edward William Nelson was an American naturalist and explorer known for his extensive fieldwork and contributions to the study of North American and Mexican wildlife.
E323100 NE FINISHED

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: Edward William Nelson | Statement: [Bureau of Biological Survey, notableEmployee, Edward William Nelson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward William Nelson
Context triple: [Bureau of Biological Survey, notableEmployee, Edward William Nelson]
  • A. Eric Hilliard Nelson
    Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson was an American singer, musician, and actor who became a teen idol in the 1950s and 1960s, known for his rock and roll hits and his role on the television series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet."
  • B. Harold Briggs
    Harold Briggs was a British Army officer best known for devising and implementing the Briggs Plan to combat communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
  • C. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • D. Charles Alton Ellis
    Charles Alton Ellis was an American structural engineer best known for performing the complex mathematical and design work that made the Golden Gate Bridge possible.
  • E. Edward Norris
    Edward Norris was an American film and television actor active primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his supporting roles in Hollywood dramas and crime films.
  • 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: Edward William Nelson
Triple: [Bureau of Biological Survey, notableEmployee, Edward William Nelson]
Generated description
Edward William Nelson was an American naturalist and explorer known for his extensive fieldwork and contributions to the study of North American and Mexican wildlife.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward William Nelson
Target entity description: Edward William Nelson was an American naturalist and explorer known for his extensive fieldwork and contributions to the study of North American and Mexican wildlife.
  • A. Eric Hilliard Nelson
    Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson was an American singer, musician, and actor who became a teen idol in the 1950s and 1960s, known for his rock and roll hits and his role on the television series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet."
  • B. Harold Briggs
    Harold Briggs was a British Army officer best known for devising and implementing the Briggs Plan to combat communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
  • C. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • D. Charles Alton Ellis
    Charles Alton Ellis was an American structural engineer best known for performing the complex mathematical and design work that made the Golden Gate Bridge possible.
  • E. Edward Norris
    Edward Norris was an American film and television actor active primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his supporting roles in Hollywood dramas and crime films.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69ad8b2298908190a7cb4e9bdbf064d0 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9b5d2a308190b4ce20efcae9b761 completed March 8, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1eef43da8819094cd438c93c64c86 completed March 11, 2026, 10:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1f071a53481908fb1d7b9803c65a6 completed March 11, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1f16489e881909368470bb53a900c completed March 11, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:01 p.m.