Triple

T6790808
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ursinae E155924 entity
Predicate includesTaxon P1393 FINISHED
Object Ursus americanus
Ursus americanus, commonly known as the American black bear, is a medium-sized bear native to North America and one of the continent’s most widespread large mammals.
E632564 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 | Statement: [Ursinae, includesTaxon, Ursus americanus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ursus americanus
Context triple: [Ursinae, includesTaxon, Ursus americanus]
  • A. Ursus deningeri
    Ursus deningeri is an extinct species of Pleistocene bear considered a likely ancestor of the cave bear, Ursus spelaeus.
  • B. Ursus arctos
    Ursus arctos is the brown bear, a large omnivorous mammal native to Eurasia and North America and one of the most widespread bear species in the world.
  • C. Melursus ursinus
    Melursus ursinus, commonly known as the sloth bear, is an insectivorous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent, recognizable by its shaggy coat, pale muzzle, and long, curved claws adapted for digging.
  • D. Ursus ingressus
    Ursus ingressus is an extinct species of Pleistocene cave bear known from fossil remains across central and eastern Europe.
  • E. Ursus americanus pugnax
    Ursus americanus pugnax is a subspecies of the American black bear native to southeastern Alaska, particularly the islands of the Alexander Archipelago.
  • 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
Triple: [Ursinae, includesTaxon, Ursus americanus]
Generated description
Ursus americanus, commonly known as the American black bear, is a medium-sized bear native to North America and one of the continent’s most widespread large mammals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ursus americanus
Target entity description: Ursus americanus, commonly known as the American black bear, is a medium-sized bear native to North America and one of the continent’s most widespread large mammals.
  • A. Ursus deningeri
    Ursus deningeri is an extinct species of Pleistocene bear considered a likely ancestor of the cave bear, Ursus spelaeus.
  • B. Ursus arctos
    Ursus arctos is the brown bear, a large omnivorous mammal native to Eurasia and North America and one of the most widespread bear species in the world.
  • C. Melursus ursinus
    Melursus ursinus, commonly known as the sloth bear, is an insectivorous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent, recognizable by its shaggy coat, pale muzzle, and long, curved claws adapted for digging.
  • D. Ursus ingressus
    Ursus ingressus is an extinct species of Pleistocene cave bear known from fossil remains across central and eastern Europe.
  • E. Ursus americanus pugnax chosen
    Ursus americanus pugnax is a subspecies of the American black bear native to southeastern Alaska, particularly the islands of the Alexander Archipelago.
  • F. None of above.

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_69c6881770fc8190972b2906390380f5 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d2acbfc0819081f2d6cebfb91765 completed March 27, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c79428801c8190817a95d94ff180b9 completed March 28, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7954253948190ab2bb3f7fc699fc3 completed March 28, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c795b1be18819087a4a70fc567bd80 completed March 28, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:15 p.m.