Triple
T4191310
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth |
E89041
|
entity |
| Predicate | contributor |
P1993
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lynn Margulis (as collaborator on Gaia hypothesis development) |
E1643
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Lynn Margulis (as collaborator on Gaia hypothesis development) | Statement: [Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, contributor, Lynn Margulis (as collaborator on Gaia hypothesis development)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lynn Margulis (as collaborator on Gaia hypothesis development) Context triple: [Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, contributor, Lynn Margulis (as collaborator on Gaia hypothesis development)]
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A.
Lynn Margulis
chosen
Lynn Margulis was an influential American biologist best known for developing the endosymbiotic theory, which revolutionized understanding of the origin of eukaryotic cells.
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B.
James Lovelock
James Lovelock was an independent British scientist and environmentalist best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which views Earth as a self-regulating, living system.
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C.
Gaia hypothesis
The Gaia hypothesis is a scientific theory proposing that Earth’s living organisms and their inorganic surroundings interact to form a self-regulating, complex system that helps maintain conditions suitable for life.
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D.
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
G. Evelyn Hutchinson was a pioneering 20th-century ecologist often called the "father of modern ecology" for his influential work on ecological niches, limnology, and the theoretical foundations of population and community ecology.
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E.
Ann Druyan
Ann Druyan is an American writer and producer best known for co-writing the original "Cosmos" television series and continuing Carl Sagan’s legacy in popularizing science and astronomy.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69aed9569a4481908b6c1fcec2a11e21 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af034019848190bd5486521c375325 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b58a08bb6881909bdd7643626e1a64 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:46 p.m.