Triple

T4889724
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Commander Islands E109527 entity
Predicate fauna P950 FINISHED
Object northern fur seal
The northern fur seal is a marine mammal of the eared seal family known for its thick fur, long migrations across the North Pacific, and large breeding colonies on remote islands.
E477720 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: northern fur seal | Statement: [Commander Islands, fauna, northern fur seal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: northern fur seal
Context triple: [Commander Islands, fauna, northern fur seal]
  • A. New Zealand fur seal
    The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
  • B. Antarctic fur seal
    The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
  • C. Guadalupe fur seals
    Guadalupe fur seals are a rare, medium-sized eared seal species native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean, known for their dense fur and recovery from near-extinction due to historic overhunting.
  • D. Cape fur seal
    The Cape fur seal is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of southern Africa and Namibia, known for forming dense breeding colonies on rocky shores and beaches.
  • E. northern elephant seal
    The northern elephant seal is a massive marine mammal of the eastern Pacific known for its extreme sexual dimorphism, deep-diving ability, and large breeding colonies on coastal islands and beaches.
  • 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: northern fur seal
Triple: [Commander Islands, fauna, northern fur seal]
Generated description
The northern fur seal is a marine mammal of the eared seal family known for its thick fur, long migrations across the North Pacific, and large breeding colonies on remote islands.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: northern fur seal
Target entity description: The northern fur seal is a marine mammal of the eared seal family known for its thick fur, long migrations across the North Pacific, and large breeding colonies on remote islands.
  • A. New Zealand fur seal
    The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
  • B. Antarctic fur seal
    The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
  • C. Guadalupe fur seals
    Guadalupe fur seals are a rare, medium-sized eared seal species native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean, known for their dense fur and recovery from near-extinction due to historic overhunting.
  • D. Cape fur seal
    The Cape fur seal is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of southern Africa and Namibia, known for forming dense breeding colonies on rocky shores and beaches.
  • E. northern elephant seal
    The northern elephant seal is a massive marine mammal of the eastern Pacific known for its extreme sexual dimorphism, deep-diving ability, and large breeding colonies on coastal islands and beaches.
  • 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_69bd440f71348190b99938e59fb7f9a1 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6e06a81881908734dbdc350a2039 completed March 20, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be681704f08190938aec498d7d4662 completed March 21, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be6d3127448190ab7a967ab78820a4 completed March 21, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be6dd42bc08190ba4561f74ca7733b completed March 21, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.