Triple

T6536444
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ursus E168175 entity
Predicate includesSpecies P10920 FINISHED
Object Ursus americanus californiensis
Ursus americanus californiensis is a subspecies of the American black bear native to California and parts of the western United States.
 E628745 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: Ursus americanus californiensis | Statement: [Ursus, includesSpecies, Ursus americanus californiensis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ursus americanus californiensis
Context triple: [Ursus, includesSpecies, Ursus americanus californiensis]
  • A. Ursus arctos californicus
    Ursus arctos californicus is the extinct subspecies of brown bear once native to California and famously depicted on the state flag as the California grizzly.
  • B. Ursus arctos crowtheri
    Ursus arctos crowtheri is an extinct subspecies of brown bear that once inhabited North Africa.
  • C. Ursus arctos dalli
    Ursus arctos dalli is a subspecies of brown bear native to coastal regions of Alaska, often referred to as the Dall Island or ABC Islands brown bear.
  • D. Ursus arctos inopinatus
    Ursus arctos inopinatus is a subspecies of brown bear native to parts of Alaska, characterized by its large size and adaptation to subarctic environments.
  • E. Ursus arctos sitkensis
    Ursus arctos sitkensis is a subspecies of brown bear native to the coastal rainforests of southeastern Alaska, particularly around the Sitka region.
  • 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: Ursus americanus californiensis
Triple: [Ursus, includesSpecies, Ursus americanus californiensis]
Generated description
Ursus americanus californiensis is a subspecies of the American black bear native to California and parts of the western United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ursus americanus californiensis
Target entity description: Ursus americanus californiensis is a subspecies of the American black bear native to California and parts of the western United States.
  • A. Ursus arctos californicus
    Ursus arctos californicus is the extinct subspecies of brown bear once native to California and famously depicted on the state flag as the California grizzly.
  • B. Ursus arctos crowtheri
    Ursus arctos crowtheri is an extinct subspecies of brown bear that once inhabited North Africa.
  • C. Ursus arctos dalli
    Ursus arctos dalli is a subspecies of brown bear native to coastal regions of Alaska, often referred to as the Dall Island or ABC Islands brown bear.
  • D. Ursus arctos inopinatus
    Ursus arctos inopinatus is a subspecies of brown bear native to parts of Alaska, characterized by its large size and adaptation to subarctic environments.
  • E. Ursus arctos sitkensis
    Ursus arctos sitkensis is a subspecies of brown bear native to the coastal rainforests of southeastern Alaska, particularly around the Sitka region.
  • 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_69c68a51564081909e93aee0dbd9cca3 completed March 27, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6adc238688190aca143b22b8a399c completed March 27, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c75101ed10819083d0414fd8b6d86e completed March 28, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c752065b808190bf95333afb42b730 completed March 28, 2026, 3:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7528ddd1c8190964a072741315afe completed March 28, 2026, 4:01 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:49 p.m.