Triple

T4021515
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Turdidae E91288 entity
Predicate describedBy P264 FINISHED
Object Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque was a 19th-century polymath naturalist and taxonomist known for his prolific and often controversial descriptions of new species in North America and beyond.
E407029 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: Constantine Samuel Rafinesque | Statement: [Turdidae, describedBy, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Context triple: [Turdidae, describedBy, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque]
  • A. John Cassin
    John Cassin was a 19th-century American ornithologist known for describing numerous bird species and contributing significantly to early American bird taxonomy.
  • B. Daniel Solander
    Daniel Solander was an 18th-century Swedish naturalist and botanist who accompanied James Cook and Joseph Banks on pioneering scientific explorations in the Pacific.
  • C. James Dwight Dana
    James Dwight Dana was a prominent 19th-century American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist known for his influential works on volcanic activity, mountain-building, and systematic mineral classification.
  • D. George Engelmann
    George Engelmann was a 19th-century German-American botanist and physician known for his pioneering taxonomic work on North American desert and mountain plants, including cacti and yuccas.
  • E. Frederic Clements
    Frederic Clements was an American plant ecologist best known for developing the influential theory of ecological succession, viewing plant communities as integrated “superorganisms” that progress through predictable stages.
  • 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: Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Triple: [Turdidae, describedBy, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque]
Generated description
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque was a 19th-century polymath naturalist and taxonomist known for his prolific and often controversial descriptions of new species in North America and beyond.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Target entity description: Constantine Samuel Rafinesque was a 19th-century polymath naturalist and taxonomist known for his prolific and often controversial descriptions of new species in North America and beyond.
  • A. John Cassin
    John Cassin was a 19th-century American ornithologist known for describing numerous bird species and contributing significantly to early American bird taxonomy.
  • B. Daniel Solander
    Daniel Solander was an 18th-century Swedish naturalist and botanist who accompanied James Cook and Joseph Banks on pioneering scientific explorations in the Pacific.
  • C. James Dwight Dana
    James Dwight Dana was a prominent 19th-century American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist known for his influential works on volcanic activity, mountain-building, and systematic mineral classification.
  • D. George Engelmann
    George Engelmann was a 19th-century German-American botanist and physician known for his pioneering taxonomic work on North American desert and mountain plants, including cacti and yuccas.
  • E. Frederic Clements
    Frederic Clements was an American plant ecologist best known for developing the influential theory of ecological succession, viewing plant communities as integrated “superorganisms” that progress through predictable stages.
  • 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_69aed9618b04819081750d979d2af098 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefacb4c208190b8dd595a534850b2 completed March 9, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54c7fd474819097766194ca8d165d completed March 14, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54dd51ef48190974bb190d32016bc completed March 14, 2026, noon
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54e498320819088fea96b83564c69 completed March 14, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:35 p.m.