Triple
T5794860
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Swartkrans |
E128483
|
entity |
| Predicate | excavatedBy |
P7650
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Broom
Robert Broom was a Scottish-South African paleontologist renowned for his pioneering discoveries of early hominin fossils that significantly advanced understanding of human evolution.
|
E546563
|
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: Robert Broom | Statement: [Swartkrans, excavatedBy, Robert Broom]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Broom Context triple: [Swartkrans, excavatedBy, Robert Broom]
-
A.
Geoffrey Simpson
Geoffrey Simpson is an Australian cinematographer known for his work on feature films including the 1994 adaptation of "Little Women."
-
B.
Stephen Lovejoy
Stephen Lovejoy is a film editor known for his work on genre and B-movie productions such as the creature feature "Sharktopus."
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C.
Alfred Sherwood Romer
Alfred Sherwood Romer was an influential American paleontologist and comparative anatomist renowned for his work on vertebrate evolution and the transition of life from water to land.
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D.
Noe Zhordania
Noe Zhordania was a Georgian Menshevik politician who led the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia as its prime minister from 1918 to 1921.
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E.
George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologist whose work on fossil mammals and evolutionary theory helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis.
- 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: Robert Broom Triple: [Swartkrans, excavatedBy, Robert Broom]
Generated description
Robert Broom was a Scottish-South African paleontologist renowned for his pioneering discoveries of early hominin fossils that significantly advanced understanding of human evolution.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Broom Target entity description: Robert Broom was a Scottish-South African paleontologist renowned for his pioneering discoveries of early hominin fossils that significantly advanced understanding of human evolution.
-
A.
Geoffrey Simpson
Geoffrey Simpson is an Australian cinematographer known for his work on feature films including the 1994 adaptation of "Little Women."
-
B.
Stephen Lovejoy
Stephen Lovejoy is a film editor known for his work on genre and B-movie productions such as the creature feature "Sharktopus."
-
C.
Alfred Sherwood Romer
Alfred Sherwood Romer was an influential American paleontologist and comparative anatomist renowned for his work on vertebrate evolution and the transition of life from water to land.
-
D.
Noe Zhordania
Noe Zhordania was a Georgian Menshevik politician who led the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia as its prime minister from 1918 to 1921.
-
E.
George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologist whose work on fossil mammals and evolutionary theory helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis.
- 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_69c00845ca68819081a2ce3ecca577f7 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c02a91c7788190936671bf816d3772 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c098286c1c8190b77cbaeda327dba4 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c098a0325c81909a1326b94e40ed50 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c09943deec819085992c4e44050a34 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:37 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:51 p.m.