Triple
T5631819
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rhynia |
E147849
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstDescribedBy |
P7386
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Henry Lang
William Henry Lang was a British botanist and paleobotanist known for his pioneering studies of early land plants, including the Devonian fossil plant Rhynia.
|
E542959
|
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 Henry Lang | Statement: [Rhynia, firstDescribedBy, William Henry Lang]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Lang Context triple: [Rhynia, firstDescribedBy, William Henry Lang]
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A.
George Ambrose Lloyd
George Ambrose Lloyd was a British colonial administrator and politician who served as Governor of Bombay and later as Governor of Bengal during the early 20th century.
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B.
George Newbold Lawrence
George Newbold Lawrence was a 19th-century American ornithologist known for describing numerous bird species and contributing extensively to North American avian taxonomy.
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C.
William Leishman
William Leishman was a British physician and pathologist best known for his work on tropical diseases, including the identification of the parasite causing leishmaniasis.
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D.
William Lamberton
William Lamberton was a prominent early 14th-century Scottish bishop and staunch supporter of Scottish independence, closely associated with figures like Robert the Bruce.
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E.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
- 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 Henry Lang Triple: [Rhynia, firstDescribedBy, William Henry Lang]
Generated description
William Henry Lang was a British botanist and paleobotanist known for his pioneering studies of early land plants, including the Devonian fossil plant Rhynia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Lang Target entity description: William Henry Lang was a British botanist and paleobotanist known for his pioneering studies of early land plants, including the Devonian fossil plant Rhynia.
-
A.
George Ambrose Lloyd
George Ambrose Lloyd was a British colonial administrator and politician who served as Governor of Bombay and later as Governor of Bengal during the early 20th century.
-
B.
George Newbold Lawrence
George Newbold Lawrence was a 19th-century American ornithologist known for describing numerous bird species and contributing extensively to North American avian taxonomy.
-
C.
William Leishman
William Leishman was a British physician and pathologist best known for his work on tropical diseases, including the identification of the parasite causing leishmaniasis.
-
D.
William Lamberton
William Lamberton was a prominent early 14th-century Scottish bishop and staunch supporter of Scottish independence, closely associated with figures like Robert the Bruce.
-
E.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
- 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_69c00907bc8881909ed760d3ed73ef35 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0225e8e848190a9ccd48fc0d74e5c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c07da656f8819083fa9fc63f2ec4a5 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c08bb824988190902e422b7c468c8f |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:39 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c08c6d1a788190acb7651a1f144d9d |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:40 p.m.