Triple

T4216066
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nesiota elliptica E94218 entity
Predicate describedBy P264 FINISHED
Object William John Burchell
William John Burchell was a 19th-century English explorer, naturalist, and illustrator known for his extensive travels and scientific collections in Africa and South America.
E422098 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: William John Burchell | Statement: [Nesiota elliptica, describedBy, William John Burchell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William John Burchell
Context triple: [Nesiota elliptica, describedBy, William John Burchell]
  • A. Thomas Horsfield
    Thomas Horsfield was a 19th-century American physician and naturalist known for his influential zoological and botanical work in Southeast Asia.
  • B. Edward Blyth
    Edward Blyth was a 19th-century English zoologist and ornithologist known for his pioneering work in animal classification and as one of the early contributors to evolutionary thought.
  • C. Samuel Baker
    Samuel Baker was an 18th-century British bookseller and auctioneer best known for establishing the auction house that became Sotheby’s.
  • D. Nicholas Aylward Vigors
    Nicholas Aylward Vigors was a 19th-century Irish zoologist and politician known for his influential work in ornithology and the classification of birds.
  • E. Ernest Thompson
    Ernest Thompson is an American writer, actor, and director best known for his Academy Award–winning screenplay adaptation of his play "On Golden Pond."
  • 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: William John Burchell
Triple: [Nesiota elliptica, describedBy, William John Burchell]
Generated description
William John Burchell was a 19th-century English explorer, naturalist, and illustrator known for his extensive travels and scientific collections in Africa and South America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William John Burchell
Target entity description: William John Burchell was a 19th-century English explorer, naturalist, and illustrator known for his extensive travels and scientific collections in Africa and South America.
  • A. Thomas Horsfield
    Thomas Horsfield was a 19th-century American physician and naturalist known for his influential zoological and botanical work in Southeast Asia.
  • B. Edward Blyth
    Edward Blyth was a 19th-century English zoologist and ornithologist known for his pioneering work in animal classification and as one of the early contributors to evolutionary thought.
  • C. Samuel Baker
    Samuel Baker was an 18th-century British bookseller and auctioneer best known for establishing the auction house that became Sotheby’s.
  • D. Nicholas Aylward Vigors
    Nicholas Aylward Vigors was a 19th-century Irish zoologist and politician known for his influential work in ornithology and the classification of birds.
  • E. Ernest Thompson
    Ernest Thompson is an American writer, actor, and director best known for his Academy Award–winning screenplay adaptation of his play "On Golden Pond."
  • 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_69b3451997e08190851db4a9a588837d completed March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34bea284081909beaded9873f0852 completed March 12, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5963779d08190a95eb110361bf1f1 completed March 14, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b597f5ec8481909408b6b49994bbe8 completed March 14, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5985c8f6081909c479e89bc1ca449 completed March 14, 2026, 5:18 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:04 p.m.