Triple

T4005818
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carl von Martius E89522 entity
Predicate coAuthorWith P398 FINISHED
Object Johann Baptist von Spix
Johann Baptist von Spix was a German naturalist and explorer known for his pioneering zoological research and extensive expeditions in Brazil in the early 19th century.
 E407765 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: Johann Baptist von Spix | Statement: [Carl von Martius, coAuthorWith, Johann Baptist von Spix]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Johann Baptist von Spix
Context triple: [Carl von Martius, coAuthorWith, Johann Baptist von Spix]
  • A. Carl von Martius
    Carl von Martius was a 19th-century German botanist and explorer renowned for his extensive studies of Brazilian flora and major contributions to plant taxonomy.
  • B. Johann Georg Wagler
    Johann Georg Wagler was a 19th-century German herpetologist and ornithologist known for his influential work in classifying reptiles and birds.
  • C. Statius Müller
    Statius Müller was an 18th-century German zoologist and ornithologist known for his early taxonomic descriptions of numerous animal species.
  • D. Leopold Fitzinger
    Leopold Fitzinger was a 19th-century Austrian zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential taxonomic work on reptiles and amphibians.
  • E. Friedrich Welwitsch
    Friedrich Welwitsch was a 19th-century Austrian botanist best known for discovering and first describing the unique desert plant Welwitschia mirabilis in southwestern Africa.
  • 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: Johann Baptist von Spix
Triple: [Carl von Martius, coAuthorWith, Johann Baptist von Spix]
Generated description
Johann Baptist von Spix was a German naturalist and explorer known for his pioneering zoological research and extensive expeditions in Brazil in the early 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Johann Baptist von Spix
Target entity description: Johann Baptist von Spix was a German naturalist and explorer known for his pioneering zoological research and extensive expeditions in Brazil in the early 19th century.
  • A. Carl von Martius
    Carl von Martius was a 19th-century German botanist and explorer renowned for his extensive studies of Brazilian flora and major contributions to plant taxonomy.
  • B. Johann Georg Wagler
    Johann Georg Wagler was a 19th-century German herpetologist and ornithologist known for his influential work in classifying reptiles and birds.
  • C. Statius Müller
    Statius Müller was an 18th-century German zoologist and ornithologist known for his early taxonomic descriptions of numerous animal species.
  • D. Leopold Fitzinger
    Leopold Fitzinger was a 19th-century Austrian zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential taxonomic work on reptiles and amphibians.
  • E. Friedrich Welwitsch
    Friedrich Welwitsch was a 19th-century Austrian botanist best known for discovering and first describing the unique desert plant Welwitschia mirabilis in southwestern Africa.
  • 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_69aed9585e788190bec2d39deba3750f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefa60c500819084fcba785b2bf801 completed March 9, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b55626f19c8190af4705b1cd3b201d completed March 14, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b556efc2148190a66e732e09e4fc21 completed March 14, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5575de0e88190843f1fcbc12c9dd5 completed March 14, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.