Triple

T6258001
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zavodovski Island E140221 entity
Predicate hostsSpecies P965 FINISHED
Object southern elephant seal
The southern elephant seal is the largest species of seal, a massive, deep-diving marine mammal found in sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters.
 E582763 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: southern elephant seal | Statement: [Zavodovski Island, hostsSpecies, southern elephant seal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: southern elephant seal
Context triple: [Zavodovski Island, hostsSpecies, southern elephant seal]
  • A. northern elephant seal
    The northern elephant seal is a massive marine mammal of the eastern Pacific known for its extreme sexual dimorphism, deep-diving ability, and large breeding colonies on coastal islands and beaches.
  • B. Antarctic fur seal
    The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
  • C. Cape fur seal
    The Cape fur seal is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of southern Africa and Namibia, known for forming dense breeding colonies on rocky shores and beaches.
  • D. leopard seal
    The leopard seal is a large, powerful Antarctic marine predator known for its spotted coat and for preying on penguins and other seals.
  • E. New Zealand fur seal
    The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
  • 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: southern elephant seal
Triple: [Zavodovski Island, hostsSpecies, southern elephant seal]
Generated description
The southern elephant seal is the largest species of seal, a massive, deep-diving marine mammal found in sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: southern elephant seal
Target entity description: The southern elephant seal is the largest species of seal, a massive, deep-diving marine mammal found in sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters.
  • A. northern elephant seal
    The northern elephant seal is a massive marine mammal of the eastern Pacific known for its extreme sexual dimorphism, deep-diving ability, and large breeding colonies on coastal islands and beaches.
  • B. Antarctic fur seal
    The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
  • C. Cape fur seal
    The Cape fur seal is a large, social marine mammal native to the coasts of southern Africa and Namibia, known for forming dense breeding colonies on rocky shores and beaches.
  • D. leopard seal
    The leopard seal is a large, powerful Antarctic marine predator known for its spotted coat and for preying on penguins and other seals.
  • E. New Zealand fur seal
    The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
  • 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_69c008c95c5c819084bd3dd56133d84d completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c06366baa481908d59428cceabbe46 completed March 22, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c5192b99d4819083ab6e6f2092547b completed March 26, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c51b04fa688190a366d5c90150a530 completed March 26, 2026, 11:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c583978758819094aebde9d410f849 completed March 26, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:24 p.m.