Triple

T6991229
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Canidae E162089 entity
Predicate containsSubfamily P10928 FINISHED
Object Hesperocyoninae
Hesperocyoninae is an extinct subfamily of early, primitive canids that represents some of the earliest dog-like carnivores in North America.
E632949 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: Hesperocyoninae | Statement: [Canidae, containsSubfamily, Hesperocyoninae]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hesperocyoninae
Context triple: [Canidae, containsSubfamily, Hesperocyoninae]
  • A. Procyonidae
    Procyonidae is a family of small to medium-sized omnivorous mammals that includes raccoons, coatis, and their close relatives, primarily native to the Americas.
  • B. Caniformia
    Caniformia is a diverse suborder of carnivorous mammals that includes dogs, bears, seals, weasels, and related species.
  • C. Oreamnos
    Oreamnos is a genus of North American mountain goats known for their thick white coats and exceptional climbing ability on steep, rocky terrain.
  • D. Hyracoidea
    Hyracoidea is an order of small, herbivorous, rodent-like mammals known as hyraxes, native to Africa and the Middle East and closely related to elephants and manatees.
  • E. Tremarctinae
    Tremarctinae is a subfamily of bears that includes the living spectacled bear and several extinct short-faced bears of the Americas.
  • 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: Hesperocyoninae
Triple: [Canidae, containsSubfamily, Hesperocyoninae]
Generated description
Hesperocyoninae is an extinct subfamily of early, primitive canids that represents some of the earliest dog-like carnivores in North America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hesperocyoninae
Target entity description: Hesperocyoninae is an extinct subfamily of early, primitive canids that represents some of the earliest dog-like carnivores in North America.
  • A. Procyonidae
    Procyonidae is a family of small to medium-sized omnivorous mammals that includes raccoons, coatis, and their close relatives, primarily native to the Americas.
  • B. Caniformia
    Caniformia is a diverse suborder of carnivorous mammals that includes dogs, bears, seals, weasels, and related species.
  • C. Oreamnos
    Oreamnos is a genus of North American mountain goats known for their thick white coats and exceptional climbing ability on steep, rocky terrain.
  • D. Hyracoidea
    Hyracoidea is an order of small, herbivorous, rodent-like mammals known as hyraxes, native to Africa and the Middle East and closely related to elephants and manatees.
  • E. Tremarctinae
    Tremarctinae is a subfamily of bears that includes the living spectacled bear and several extinct short-faced bears of the Americas.
  • 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_69c68856d7808190ab33ee914640281b completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6dbc08758819083d36a1fc0463b27 completed March 27, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c761d6ed5481909ccf1650fe6dc747 completed March 28, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c763053a308190a8bd34fe72be5065 completed March 28, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c763d604148190a3004ab99c79834f completed March 28, 2026, 5:15 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:32 p.m.