Triple

T714797
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elaeagnaceae E14288 entity
Predicate hasTaxonomicAuthor P7386 FINISHED
Object Carl von Martius
Carl von Martius was a 19th-century German botanist and explorer renowned for his extensive studies of Brazilian flora and major contributions to plant taxonomy.
E89522 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Carl von Martius | Statement: [Elaeagnaceae, hasTaxonomicAuthor, Carl von Martius]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl von Martius
Context triple: [Elaeagnaceae, hasTaxonomicAuthor, Carl von Martius]
  • A. Alexander von Humboldt
    Alexander von Humboldt was a pioneering 18th–19th century Prussian naturalist and explorer whose integrative studies of nature helped lay the foundations of modern biogeography and deeply shaped later scientists such as Charles Darwin.
  • B. Leopold Fitzinger
    Leopold Fitzinger was a 19th-century Austrian zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential taxonomic work on reptiles and amphibians.
  • C. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
    Augustin Pyramus de Candolle was a prominent 19th-century Swiss botanist known for pioneering work in plant taxonomy and for developing an influential natural system of plant classification.
  • D. Adolf Bastian
    Adolf Bastian was a 19th-century German ethnologist whose comparative studies of cultures and concept of "elementary ideas" helped lay foundational principles for modern anthropology.
  • E. Karl Ritter
    Karl Ritter was a senior German diplomat and Nazi official who played a key role in coordinating foreign policy and war crimes during the Third Reich.
  • 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: Carl von Martius
Triple: [Elaeagnaceae, hasTaxonomicAuthor, Carl von Martius]
Generated description
Carl von Martius was a 19th-century German botanist and explorer renowned for his extensive studies of Brazilian flora and major contributions to plant taxonomy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl von Martius
Target entity description: Carl von Martius was a 19th-century German botanist and explorer renowned for his extensive studies of Brazilian flora and major contributions to plant taxonomy.
  • A. Alexander von Humboldt
    Alexander von Humboldt was a pioneering 18th–19th century Prussian naturalist and explorer whose integrative studies of nature helped lay the foundations of modern biogeography and deeply shaped later scientists such as Charles Darwin.
  • B. Leopold Fitzinger
    Leopold Fitzinger was a 19th-century Austrian zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential taxonomic work on reptiles and amphibians.
  • C. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
    Augustin Pyramus de Candolle was a prominent 19th-century Swiss botanist known for pioneering work in plant taxonomy and for developing an influential natural system of plant classification.
  • D. Adolf Bastian
    Adolf Bastian was a 19th-century German ethnologist whose comparative studies of cultures and concept of "elementary ideas" helped lay foundational principles for modern anthropology.
  • E. Karl Ritter
    Karl Ritter was a senior German diplomat and Nazi official who played a key role in coordinating foreign policy and war crimes during the Third Reich.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasTaxonomicAuthor
Context triple: [Elaeagnaceae, hasTaxonomicAuthor, Carl von Martius]
  • A. taxonomicAuthority chosen
    Indicates the entity that formally described, named, or classified another entity in a taxonomic context.
  • B. taxonomicStatus
    Indicates the formal classification status of a taxon within a taxonomic system, such as whether it is accepted, synonymized, provisional, or invalid.
  • C. hasAuthorAffiliationAtTimeOfPublication
    Indicates that an author was affiliated with a particular organization or institution at the time a work was published.
  • D. parentTaxon
    Indicates that one taxonomic group is the immediate higher-level (parent) taxon of another taxonomic group.
  • E. hasAuthor
    Indicates that an entity is written or created by a specific author.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a4934a36e081909e7abef98b898a4e completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a5738e04819082eac673b3b7c4c2 completed March 1, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a654dcbb688190ab997a3d31ec729a completed March 3, 2026, 3:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a65b3535b48190be1986aed3dfe48a completed March 3, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a65ba4d610819095bf3d166c038c8f completed March 3, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4a4f38898819089d79bad4f4ff2d2 completed March 1, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.