Triple

T5354491
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gondwana E102656 entity
Predicate containsFossilFauna P38543 FINISHED
Object Mesosaurus
Mesosaurus was an early Permian aquatic reptile whose fossils in both South America and Africa provided key evidence for continental drift and the former supercontinent Gondwana.
 E514452 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: Mesosaurus | Statement: [Gondwana, containsFossilFauna, Mesosaurus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mesosaurus
Context triple: [Gondwana, containsFossilFauna, Mesosaurus]
  • A. Champsosaurus
    Champsosaurus was a long-snouted, semi-aquatic reptile from the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene that resembled a modern gharial and belonged to the extinct group Choristodera.
  • B. Xanthichthys
    Xanthichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their open-ocean, often deep-water habitats and distinctive, colorful patterns.
  • C. Erpetoichthys
    Erpetoichthys is a genus of elongated, eel-like bichir fishes native to African freshwater habitats, best known for the ropefish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus).
  • D. Pannotia
    Pannotia was a short-lived Neoproterozoic supercontinent that formed after the breakup of Rodinia and existed roughly 650–540 million years ago.
  • E. Kimberella
    Kimberella is an extinct, soft-bodied marine organism from the late Precambrian Ediacaran period, often considered one of the earliest known animals with possible mollusc-like features.
  • 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: Mesosaurus
Triple: [Gondwana, containsFossilFauna, Mesosaurus]
Generated description
Mesosaurus was an early Permian aquatic reptile whose fossils in both South America and Africa provided key evidence for continental drift and the former supercontinent Gondwana.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mesosaurus
Target entity description: Mesosaurus was an early Permian aquatic reptile whose fossils in both South America and Africa provided key evidence for continental drift and the former supercontinent Gondwana.
  • A. Champsosaurus
    Champsosaurus was a long-snouted, semi-aquatic reptile from the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene that resembled a modern gharial and belonged to the extinct group Choristodera.
  • B. Xanthichthys
    Xanthichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their open-ocean, often deep-water habitats and distinctive, colorful patterns.
  • C. Erpetoichthys
    Erpetoichthys is a genus of elongated, eel-like bichir fishes native to African freshwater habitats, best known for the ropefish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus).
  • D. Pannotia
    Pannotia was a short-lived Neoproterozoic supercontinent that formed after the breakup of Rodinia and existed roughly 650–540 million years ago.
  • E. Kimberella
    Kimberella is an extinct, soft-bodied marine organism from the late Precambrian Ediacaran period, often considered one of the earliest known animals with possible mollusc-like features.
  • 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_69bd43d8f7248190b64c140734b5c9a8 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd91ac1bf08190a9a575c9822de6cc completed March 20, 2026, 6:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf21df856c819099cf9047b87d6db8 completed March 21, 2026, 10:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf22a6e3c081908a18bd370f924d39 completed March 21, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf22fb8db48190b7ce94e5df8ed37f completed March 21, 2026, 11 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.