Triple

T5794861
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Swartkrans E128483 entity
Predicate excavatedBy P7650 FINISHED
Object C. K. Brain
C. K. Brain was a prominent South African paleontologist and archaeologist known for his influential research on early hominins and taphonomy at sites such as Swartkrans.
E546564 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: C. K. Brain | Statement: [Swartkrans, excavatedBy, C. K. Brain]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. K. Brain
Context triple: [Swartkrans, excavatedBy, C. K. Brain]
  • A. Suresh Ayyar
    Suresh Ayyar is an editor known for his work on the acclaimed Australian memoir "Romulus, My Father."
  • B. Ramakant Achrekar
    Ramakant Achrekar was a renowned Indian cricket coach best known for mentoring legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar and nurturing several other prominent Mumbai cricketers.
  • C. Saul Bihari
    Saul Bihari was an American record executive and music publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential R&B and blues label Kent Records.
  • D. Satish Kaushik
    Satish Kaushik was an Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter known for his work in Hindi cinema and theatre, as well as for his memorable comic roles and acclaimed direction.
  • E. Kakarla Tyagabrahmam
    Kakarla Tyagabrahmam, popularly known as Tyagaraja, was a seminal 18th–19th century Carnatic composer and saint whose devotional kritis to Lord Rama are central to South Indian classical music.
  • 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: C. K. Brain
Triple: [Swartkrans, excavatedBy, C. K. Brain]
Generated description
C. K. Brain was a prominent South African paleontologist and archaeologist known for his influential research on early hominins and taphonomy at sites such as Swartkrans.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. K. Brain
Target entity description: C. K. Brain was a prominent South African paleontologist and archaeologist known for his influential research on early hominins and taphonomy at sites such as Swartkrans.
  • A. Suresh Ayyar
    Suresh Ayyar is an editor known for his work on the acclaimed Australian memoir "Romulus, My Father."
  • B. Ramakant Achrekar
    Ramakant Achrekar was a renowned Indian cricket coach best known for mentoring legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar and nurturing several other prominent Mumbai cricketers.
  • C. Saul Bihari
    Saul Bihari was an American record executive and music publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential R&B and blues label Kent Records.
  • D. Satish Kaushik
    Satish Kaushik was an Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter known for his work in Hindi cinema and theatre, as well as for his memorable comic roles and acclaimed direction.
  • E. Kakarla Tyagabrahmam
    Kakarla Tyagabrahmam, popularly known as Tyagaraja, was a seminal 18th–19th century Carnatic composer and saint whose devotional kritis to Lord Rama are central to South Indian classical music.
  • 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.