Triple
T3502436
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hell Creek Formation |
E73998
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedBy |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Barnum Brown
Barnum Brown was an American paleontologist best known for discovering the first documented remains of Tyrannosaurus rex and for his extensive fossil-collecting work in the early 20th century.
|
E364942
|
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: Barnum Brown | Statement: [Hell Creek Formation, namedBy, Barnum Brown]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barnum Brown Context triple: [Hell Creek Formation, namedBy, Barnum Brown]
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A.
Ernest S. Marsh
Ernest S. Marsh is a historic steam locomotive that operates as one of the primary trains on the Disneyland Railroad at Disneyland in California.
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B.
Othniel Charles Marsh
Othniel Charles Marsh was a pioneering 19th-century American paleontologist known for his extensive dinosaur discoveries and his central role in the “Bone Wars” fossil-hunting rivalry.
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C.
Frank Hamilton Cushing
Frank Hamilton Cushing was a pioneering American anthropologist and ethnologist best known for his immersive fieldwork among the Zuni people in the late 19th century.
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D.
Kurt Akeley
Kurt Akeley is a pioneering computer graphics engineer and co-founder of Silicon Graphics (SGI), known for his influential work on high-performance 3D graphics hardware and APIs.
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E.
Edward Drinker Cope
Edward Drinker Cope was a prominent 19th-century American paleontologist and comparative anatomist known for his extensive fossil discoveries and his role in the "Bone Wars" rivalry with Othniel Charles Marsh.
- 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: Barnum Brown Triple: [Hell Creek Formation, namedBy, Barnum Brown]
Generated description
Barnum Brown was an American paleontologist best known for discovering the first documented remains of Tyrannosaurus rex and for his extensive fossil-collecting work in the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barnum Brown Target entity description: Barnum Brown was an American paleontologist best known for discovering the first documented remains of Tyrannosaurus rex and for his extensive fossil-collecting work in the early 20th century.
-
A.
Ernest S. Marsh
Ernest S. Marsh is a historic steam locomotive that operates as one of the primary trains on the Disneyland Railroad at Disneyland in California.
-
B.
Othniel Charles Marsh
Othniel Charles Marsh was a pioneering 19th-century American paleontologist known for his extensive dinosaur discoveries and his central role in the “Bone Wars” fossil-hunting rivalry.
-
C.
Frank Hamilton Cushing
Frank Hamilton Cushing was a pioneering American anthropologist and ethnologist best known for his immersive fieldwork among the Zuni people in the late 19th century.
-
D.
Kurt Akeley
Kurt Akeley is a pioneering computer graphics engineer and co-founder of Silicon Graphics (SGI), known for his influential work on high-performance 3D graphics hardware and APIs.
-
E.
Edward Drinker Cope
Edward Drinker Cope was a prominent 19th-century American paleontologist and comparative anatomist known for his extensive fossil discoveries and his role in the "Bone Wars" rivalry with Othniel Charles Marsh.
- 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_69ad85ce7a9c81909ddc5cf0cb67a6e3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbbef47988190b5b3fe2e452b9ac8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b37e6aea8c81908dbe4748dd8a9d9c |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b37f52d9188190a37d06ff220ffdb3 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b37fbec2ec81909228716c70ffa2bd |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.