Triple

T6144000
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Puget Sound lowland forests E137029 entity
Predicate dominantTreeSpecies P966 FINISHED
Object western hemlock
Western hemlock is a large, shade-tolerant conifer native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, commonly forming dense, moist coastal and lowland forests.
E576987 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: western hemlock | Statement: [Puget Sound lowland forests, dominantTreeSpecies, western hemlock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: western hemlock
Context triple: [Puget Sound lowland forests, dominantTreeSpecies, western hemlock]
  • A. Douglas fir
    Douglas fir is a large, long-lived conifer native to western North America, valued for its strong timber and ecological importance in mountain and coastal forests.
  • B. western red cedar
    Western red cedar is a large, long-lived coniferous tree native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, valued for its durable, aromatic wood and cultural significance to Indigenous peoples.
  • C. Sitka spruce
    Sitka spruce is a large, fast-growing conifer native to the moist coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America, valued for its strong yet lightweight wood used in construction and musical instruments.
  • D. Engelmann spruce
    Engelmann spruce is a high-elevation North American coniferous tree species known for forming dense subalpine forests in the Rocky Mountains and other western mountain ranges.
  • E. Norway spruce
    The Norway spruce is a large, fast-growing evergreen conifer native to northern and central Europe, widely known for its use as a timber tree and traditional Christmas tree.
  • 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: western hemlock
Triple: [Puget Sound lowland forests, dominantTreeSpecies, western hemlock]
Generated description
Western hemlock is a large, shade-tolerant conifer native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, commonly forming dense, moist coastal and lowland forests.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: western hemlock
Target entity description: Western hemlock is a large, shade-tolerant conifer native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, commonly forming dense, moist coastal and lowland forests.
  • A. Douglas fir
    Douglas fir is a large, long-lived conifer native to western North America, valued for its strong timber and ecological importance in mountain and coastal forests.
  • B. western red cedar
    Western red cedar is a large, long-lived coniferous tree native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, valued for its durable, aromatic wood and cultural significance to Indigenous peoples.
  • C. Sitka spruce
    Sitka spruce is a large, fast-growing conifer native to the moist coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America, valued for its strong yet lightweight wood used in construction and musical instruments.
  • D. Engelmann spruce
    Engelmann spruce is a high-elevation North American coniferous tree species known for forming dense subalpine forests in the Rocky Mountains and other western mountain ranges.
  • E. Norway spruce
    The Norway spruce is a large, fast-growing evergreen conifer native to northern and central Europe, widely known for its use as a timber tree and traditional Christmas tree.
  • 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_69c008a2c6308190a56519b22d55d083 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05cb50cb0819081ac64becf7aaf55 completed March 22, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c20d67cac0819088802d5a21654fe8 completed March 24, 2026, 4:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c2117655448190b50bf310f3aaaf13 completed March 24, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c211e321188190ac5d20310e372134 completed March 24, 2026, 4:24 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:16 p.m.