Triple

T7146588
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chatham Island oystercatcher E166584 entity
Predicate describedBy P264 FINISHED
Object Walter Oliver
Walter Oliver was a New Zealand ornithologist and museum director known for his influential work on the country’s birdlife, including formal species descriptions.
E657385 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: Walter Oliver | Statement: [Chatham Island oystercatcher, describedBy, Walter Oliver]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Oliver
Context triple: [Chatham Island oystercatcher, describedBy, Walter Oliver]
  • A. Walter Stott
    Walter Stott was the husband of mathematician Alicia Boole Stott, who was known for her pioneering work on four-dimensional polytopes.
  • B. Walter Gordon
    Walter Gordon was a German theoretical physicist known for co-formulating the Klein–Gordon equation, one of the earliest relativistic wave equations in quantum mechanics.
  • C. Walter Baker
    Walter Baker is a notable individual whose name is associated with various historical and professional contexts, including business and public service.
  • D. Walter Buckley
    Walter Buckley is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be associated with the Buckley name.
  • E. Walter Findlay
    Walter Findlay is a central character on the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as Maude Findlay's often exasperated but loving husband.
  • 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: Walter Oliver
Triple: [Chatham Island oystercatcher, describedBy, Walter Oliver]
Generated description
Walter Oliver was a New Zealand ornithologist and museum director known for his influential work on the country’s birdlife, including formal species descriptions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Oliver
Target entity description: Walter Oliver was a New Zealand ornithologist and museum director known for his influential work on the country’s birdlife, including formal species descriptions.
  • A. Walter Stott
    Walter Stott was the husband of mathematician Alicia Boole Stott, who was known for her pioneering work on four-dimensional polytopes.
  • B. Walter Gordon
    Walter Gordon was a German theoretical physicist known for co-formulating the Klein–Gordon equation, one of the earliest relativistic wave equations in quantum mechanics.
  • C. Walter Baker
    Walter Baker is a notable individual whose name is associated with various historical and professional contexts, including business and public service.
  • D. Walter Buckley
    Walter Buckley is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be associated with the Buckley name.
  • E. Walter Findlay
    Walter Findlay is a central character on the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as Maude Findlay's often exasperated but loving husband.
  • 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_69c68886779c8190a8e3fbabffe68253 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e7d3c48c8190a71a61a1d50cd7da completed March 27, 2026, 8:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7eec651a48190b52052bfef83ffcd completed March 28, 2026, 3:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7f06173f481908faf95824827f1a9 completed March 28, 2026, 3:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7f11f2b208190b235b9800a63faed completed March 28, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:46 p.m.