Triple

T3994990
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Formicinae E87077 entity
Predicate containsTaxon P9413 FINISHED
Object Tapinoma
Tapinoma is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants found worldwide, known for their flexible nesting habits and tendency to form large, diffuse colonies.
 E403634 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: Tapinoma | Statement: [Formicinae, containsTaxon, Tapinoma]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tapinoma
Context triple: [Formicinae, containsTaxon, Tapinoma]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Strumigenys
    Strumigenys is a genus of small, often trap-jawed predatory ants known for their specialized mandibles and cryptic, leaf-litter-dwelling habits.
  • D. Wasmannia
    Wasmannia is a genus of small, often invasive myrmicine ants best known for species like the little fire ant, which can form dense colonies and cause ecological and agricultural damage.
  • E. Epipona
    Epipona is a genus of social paper wasps within the subfamily Polistinae, known from the Neotropical region.
  • 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: Tapinoma
Triple: [Formicinae, containsTaxon, Tapinoma]
Generated description
Tapinoma is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants found worldwide, known for their flexible nesting habits and tendency to form large, diffuse colonies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tapinoma
Target entity description: Tapinoma is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants found worldwide, known for their flexible nesting habits and tendency to form large, diffuse colonies.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Strumigenys
    Strumigenys is a genus of small, often trap-jawed predatory ants known for their specialized mandibles and cryptic, leaf-litter-dwelling habits.
  • D. Wasmannia
    Wasmannia is a genus of small, often invasive myrmicine ants best known for species like the little fire ant, which can form dense colonies and cause ecological and agricultural damage.
  • E. Epipona
    Epipona is a genus of social paper wasps within the subfamily Polistinae, known from the Neotropical region.
  • 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_69b5403c703081908070625ebfb6fb5f completed March 14, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b540ec36a4819082a9cbefc99bd683 completed March 14, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5416d182c81908b1ae43ed097d288 completed March 14, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.