Triple

T4232736
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Syncerus caffer E94617 entity
Predicate describedBy P264 FINISHED
Object Sparrman
Sparrman is the abbreviated scientific author name of Anders Sparrman, an 18th-century Swedish naturalist and disciple of Linnaeus known for his zoological descriptions and work in southern Africa.
 E421781 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: Sparrman | Statement: [Syncerus caffer, describedBy, Sparrman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sparrman
Context triple: [Syncerus caffer, describedBy, Sparrman]
  • A. Spehr
    Spehr is a surname variant of Speer, borne by individuals of Germanic origin.
  • B. Hooperman
    Hooperman is an American television dramedy series from the late 1980s starring John Ritter as a San Francisco police inspector balancing his personal and professional life.
  • C. Shriever
    Shriever is a surname, a variant spelling of "Shriver," borne by various individuals of English-speaking origin.
  • D. Barmedman
    Barmedman is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known historically for its wheat farming and mineral springs.
  • E. Rennahan
    Rennahan is a surname most notably associated with Ray Rennahan, an American cinematographer known for his pioneering work with Technicolor.
  • 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: Sparrman
Triple: [Syncerus caffer, describedBy, Sparrman]
Generated description
Sparrman is the abbreviated scientific author name of Anders Sparrman, an 18th-century Swedish naturalist and disciple of Linnaeus known for his zoological descriptions and work in southern Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sparrman
Target entity description: Sparrman is the abbreviated scientific author name of Anders Sparrman, an 18th-century Swedish naturalist and disciple of Linnaeus known for his zoological descriptions and work in southern Africa.
  • A. Spehr
    Spehr is a surname variant of Speer, borne by individuals of Germanic origin.
  • B. Hooperman
    Hooperman is an American television dramedy series from the late 1980s starring John Ritter as a San Francisco police inspector balancing his personal and professional life.
  • C. Shriever
    Shriever is a surname, a variant spelling of "Shriver," borne by various individuals of English-speaking origin.
  • D. Barmedman
    Barmedman is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known historically for its wheat farming and mineral springs.
  • E. Rennahan
    Rennahan is a surname most notably associated with Ray Rennahan, an American cinematographer known for his pioneering work with Technicolor.
  • 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_69b34537cc6481909cd0a96acbb33ef7 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34e65720c819087c4022c774ff7c3 completed March 12, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b596516fd88190b8497ccc7efc7f49 completed March 14, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b59731052881908d9358dc629a4018 completed March 14, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b597c529a08190bbf2af92bfef1aa2 completed March 14, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:05 p.m.