Triple

T6636737
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject CCAS E150473 entity
Predicate speciesCovered P10920 FINISHED
Object Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii)
The Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) is a small, solitary Antarctic seal species known for its large eyes, short snout, and deep, siren-like vocalizations beneath the sea ice.
 E613861 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) | Statement: [CCAS, speciesCovered, Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii)]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii)
Context triple: [CCAS, speciesCovered, Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii)]
  • A. Weddell seal
    The Weddell seal is a large, deep-diving Antarctic seal species known for living year-round on sea ice and for its remarkable ability to vocalize underwater.
  • B. Ladoga ringed seal
    The Ladoga ringed seal is a rare, freshwater subspecies of ringed seal found only in Russia’s Lake Ladoga and noted for its isolation and conservation concern.
  • C. Baikal seal
    The Baikal seal is a small, uniquely freshwater species of earless seal endemic to Russia’s Lake Baikal and adapted to its cold, deep waters.
  • D. Eubalaena
    Eubalaena is a genus of large baleen whales commonly known as right whales, found in temperate and subpolar oceans.
  • E. crabeater seal
    The crabeater seal is a highly abundant Antarctic seal species that primarily feeds on krill and is specially adapted to life on pack ice.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii)
Target entity description: The Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) is a small, solitary Antarctic seal species known for its large eyes, short snout, and deep, siren-like vocalizations beneath the sea ice.
  • A. Weddell seal
    The Weddell seal is a large, deep-diving Antarctic seal species known for living year-round on sea ice and for its remarkable ability to vocalize underwater.
  • B. Ladoga ringed seal
    The Ladoga ringed seal is a rare, freshwater subspecies of ringed seal found only in Russia’s Lake Ladoga and noted for its isolation and conservation concern.
  • C. Baikal seal
    The Baikal seal is a small, uniquely freshwater species of earless seal endemic to Russia’s Lake Baikal and adapted to its cold, deep waters.
  • D. Eubalaena
    Eubalaena is a genus of large baleen whales commonly known as right whales, found in temperate and subpolar oceans.
  • E. crabeater seal
    The crabeater seal is a highly abundant Antarctic seal species that primarily feeds on krill and is specially adapted to life on pack ice.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii)
Triple: [CCAS, speciesCovered, Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii)]
Generated description
The Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) is a small, solitary Antarctic seal species known for its large eyes, short snout, and deep, siren-like vocalizations beneath the sea ice.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c687f0ceb08190bf40807bfc605fa5 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6d0a3a2408190bb7be4613f896bdc ner completed
NED1 batch_69c7006ef73081909fd9081a9184ecd0 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c705240f54819094e8715ffd66b352 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c704ad826481909c4b9d4ec18caabc nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:59 p.m.