Triple

T3994986
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Formicinae E87077 entity
Predicate containsTaxon P9413 FINISHED
Object Myrmecocystus
Myrmecocystus is a genus of North American ants known as “honeypot ants,” famous for workers that store large quantities of liquid food in their distended abdomens.
 E408779 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: Myrmecocystus | Statement: [Formicinae, containsTaxon, Myrmecocystus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Myrmecocystus
Context triple: [Formicinae, containsTaxon, Myrmecocystus]
  • A. Pogonomyrmex
    Pogonomyrmex is a genus of New World harvester ants known for their seed-collecting behavior, painful stings, and adaptation to arid and semi-arid environments.
  • B. Aphaenogaster
    Aphaenogaster is a genus of slender, fast-moving ants commonly found in forests and grasslands, known for their role in seed dispersal and soil turnover.
  • C. Brachymyrmex
    Brachymyrmex is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants commonly known as rover ants, found primarily in the Americas.
  • D. Nothomyrmecia
    Nothomyrmecia is a rare and primitively structured Australian ant genus often referred to as the “dinosaur ant” due to its ancient evolutionary lineage and basal characteristics.
  • E. Cardiocondyla
    Cardiocondyla is a genus of small, often invasive myrmicine ants known for their unusual male morphs and complex reproductive strategies.
  • 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: Myrmecocystus
Triple: [Formicinae, containsTaxon, Myrmecocystus]
Generated description
Myrmecocystus is a genus of North American ants known as “honeypot ants,” famous for workers that store large quantities of liquid food in their distended abdomens.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Myrmecocystus
Target entity description: Myrmecocystus is a genus of North American ants known as “honeypot ants,” famous for workers that store large quantities of liquid food in their distended abdomens.
  • A. Pogonomyrmex
    Pogonomyrmex is a genus of New World harvester ants known for their seed-collecting behavior, painful stings, and adaptation to arid and semi-arid environments.
  • B. Aphaenogaster
    Aphaenogaster is a genus of slender, fast-moving ants commonly found in forests and grasslands, known for their role in seed dispersal and soil turnover.
  • C. Brachymyrmex
    Brachymyrmex is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants commonly known as rover ants, found primarily in the Americas.
  • D. Nothomyrmecia
    Nothomyrmecia is a rare and primitively structured Australian ant genus often referred to as the “dinosaur ant” due to its ancient evolutionary lineage and basal characteristics.
  • E. Cardiocondyla
    Cardiocondyla is a genus of small, often invasive myrmicine ants known for their unusual male morphs and complex reproductive strategies.
  • 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_69aed94118148190975e6aa4e554cde9 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefa1f0fb88190aafbfdc98bc8652d completed March 9, 2026, 4:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5562139b481909faba39f4f36cd26 completed March 14, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5569d6b9c8190bea12fcfb9b444d9 completed March 14, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b55706a2708190aeb41591b91f0fba completed March 14, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.