Triple

T391093
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philortyx E8881 entity
Predicate taxonAuthor P7386 FINISHED
Object John Cassin
John Cassin was a 19th-century American ornithologist known for describing numerous bird species and contributing significantly to early American bird taxonomy.
E70818 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: John Cassin | Statement: [Philortyx, taxonAuthor, John Cassin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cassin
Context triple: [Philortyx, taxonAuthor, John Cassin]
  • A. William Burnet Tuthill
    William Burnet Tuthill was an American architect best known for designing New York City's renowned concert venue Carnegie Hall.
  • B. Samuel Gray
    Samuel Gray was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel American revolutionary sentiment.
  • C. George Burroughs
    George Burroughs was a Puritan minister in colonial New England who was infamously executed for alleged witchcraft during the Salem witch trials.
  • D. James Edward Keeler
    James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
  • E. Henry Markham
    Henry Markham was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of California from 1891 to 1895.
  • 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: John Cassin
Triple: [Philortyx, taxonAuthor, John Cassin]
Generated description
John Cassin was a 19th-century American ornithologist known for describing numerous bird species and contributing significantly to early American bird taxonomy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cassin
Target entity description: John Cassin was a 19th-century American ornithologist known for describing numerous bird species and contributing significantly to early American bird taxonomy.
  • A. William Burnet Tuthill
    William Burnet Tuthill was an American architect best known for designing New York City's renowned concert venue Carnegie Hall.
  • B. Samuel Gray
    Samuel Gray was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel American revolutionary sentiment.
  • C. George Burroughs
    George Burroughs was a Puritan minister in colonial New England who was infamously executed for alleged witchcraft during the Salem witch trials.
  • D. James Edward Keeler
    James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
  • E. Henry Markham
    Henry Markham was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of California from 1891 to 1895.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: taxonAuthor
Context triple: [Philortyx, taxonAuthor, John Cassin]
  • A. taxonomicAuthority chosen
    Indicates the entity that formally described, named, or classified another entity in a taxonomic context.
  • B. authorBirthName
    Indicates the full personal name an author was given at birth, before any later name changes or pseudonyms.
  • C. parentTaxon
    Indicates that one taxonomic group is the immediate higher-level (parent) taxon of another taxonomic group.
  • D. binomialName
    Indicates the formal scientific name assigned to a species, typically composed of its genus and specific epithet.
  • E. scientificName
    Indicates the formal taxonomic name assigned to an organism according to scientific naming conventions.
  • 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec5d73e881909101308a583c8f13 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4ed2f315c8190a6cb00ce703b00b1 completed March 2, 2026, 1:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4ee8ff8908190a8d59f3bca394faf completed March 2, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4eee1013c8190b1adce3ad9c6e053 completed March 2, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2e96960608190bdd342da9c5ddb5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.