Triple

T3925805
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alcelaphinae E93271 entity
Predicate firstScientificDescriptionBy P20721 FINISHED
Object Charles Hamilton Smith
Charles Hamilton Smith was a 19th-century British soldier, naturalist, illustrator, and zoologist known for his detailed studies and depictions of animals.
E405690 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: Charles Hamilton Smith | Statement: [Alcelaphinae, firstScientificDescriptionBy, Charles Hamilton Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Hamilton Smith
Context triple: [Alcelaphinae, firstScientificDescriptionBy, Charles Hamilton Smith]
  • A. Charles Saumarez Smith
    Charles Saumarez Smith is a British art historian and museum director known for leading major cultural institutions in the United Kingdom.
  • B. Charles Spencer Crowe
    Charles Spencer Crowe is one of the sons of New Zealand-born actor and filmmaker Russell Crowe.
  • C. Thomas Hume
    Thomas Hume was a prominent 19th-century lumber baron and businessman in Muskegon, Michigan, whose success in the lumber industry led to the construction of the historic Hackley and Hume homes.
  • D. Francis Grose
    Francis Grose was an 18th-century British antiquary, draughtsman, and author best known for his illustrated works on ancient monuments and his influential slang dictionary.
  • E. Arthur Whitten Brown
    Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
  • 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: Charles Hamilton Smith
Triple: [Alcelaphinae, firstScientificDescriptionBy, Charles Hamilton Smith]
Generated description
Charles Hamilton Smith was a 19th-century British soldier, naturalist, illustrator, and zoologist known for his detailed studies and depictions of animals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Hamilton Smith
Target entity description: Charles Hamilton Smith was a 19th-century British soldier, naturalist, illustrator, and zoologist known for his detailed studies and depictions of animals.
  • A. Charles Saumarez Smith
    Charles Saumarez Smith is a British art historian and museum director known for leading major cultural institutions in the United Kingdom.
  • B. Charles Spencer Crowe
    Charles Spencer Crowe is one of the sons of New Zealand-born actor and filmmaker Russell Crowe.
  • C. Thomas Hume
    Thomas Hume was a prominent 19th-century lumber baron and businessman in Muskegon, Michigan, whose success in the lumber industry led to the construction of the historic Hackley and Hume homes.
  • D. Francis Grose
    Francis Grose was an 18th-century British antiquary, draughtsman, and author best known for his illustrated works on ancient monuments and his influential slang dictionary.
  • E. Arthur Whitten Brown
    Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstScientificDescriptionBy
Context triple: [Alcelaphinae, firstScientificDescriptionBy, Charles Hamilton Smith]
  • A. firstDescribedAs
    Indicates the original way or terms in which something was initially characterized, named, or documented.
  • B. describedTaxon chosen
    Indicates that an entity (such as a publication or description) formally describes or establishes the referenced taxon.
  • C. speciesEponym
    Indicates that a species is named in honor of a particular person or entity.
  • D. officiallyDescribedAs
    Indicates that an entity is formally characterized or defined using a specific description in an official or authoritative context.
  • E. discoveredBy
    Indicates that something was found, identified, or brought to light through the efforts or actions of a particular agent.
  • 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_69aed96bfa1081908f7b30f2c647dee6 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeed7f3cc881909464db1970ba39ae completed March 9, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54c37594081909a3699bbd4863555 completed March 14, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54d06c7c881908b30ba813c009d25 completed March 14, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54d739e588190b23c06b10b4f540e completed March 14, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69aee7609c4081908000ce12ae827c3f completed March 9, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:23 p.m.