Triple

T732055
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alfred Russel Wallace E14851 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Geographical Distribution of Animals
The Geographical Distribution of Animals is a foundational 19th-century biogeography work by Alfred Russel Wallace that systematically analyzes how and why animal species are distributed across different regions of the world.
E85931 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: The Geographical Distribution of Animals | Statement: [Alfred Russel Wallace, notableWork, The Geographical Distribution of Animals]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Geographical Distribution of Animals
Context triple: [Alfred Russel Wallace, notableWork, The Geographical Distribution of Animals]
  • A. The Life of Mammals
    The Life of Mammals is a landmark BBC nature documentary series presented by David Attenborough that explores the evolution, diversity, and behavior of mammal species around the world.
  • B. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
    The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication is Charles Darwin’s extensive two-volume scientific work analyzing heredity, artificial selection, and variation in domesticated species to support and elaborate his theory of evolution.
  • C. The Theory of Island Biogeography
    The Theory of Island Biogeography is a foundational ecological work that explains how species richness on islands is shaped by the balance between immigration and extinction, profoundly influencing modern conservation biology and biogeography.
  • D. The Behavior of Organisms
    The Behavior of Organisms is B. F. Skinner’s foundational 1938 book that systematically outlines the principles of operant conditioning and experimental analysis of behavior.
  • E. The Insect Societies
    The Insect Societies is a landmark scientific book by E.O. Wilson that systematically examines the behavior, social organization, and evolution of social insects such as ants, bees, wasps, and termites.
  • 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: The Geographical Distribution of Animals
Triple: [Alfred Russel Wallace, notableWork, The Geographical Distribution of Animals]
Generated description
The Geographical Distribution of Animals is a foundational 19th-century biogeography work by Alfred Russel Wallace that systematically analyzes how and why animal species are distributed across different regions of the world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Geographical Distribution of Animals
Target entity description: The Geographical Distribution of Animals is a foundational 19th-century biogeography work by Alfred Russel Wallace that systematically analyzes how and why animal species are distributed across different regions of the world.
  • A. The Life of Mammals
    The Life of Mammals is a landmark BBC nature documentary series presented by David Attenborough that explores the evolution, diversity, and behavior of mammal species around the world.
  • B. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
    The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication is Charles Darwin’s extensive two-volume scientific work analyzing heredity, artificial selection, and variation in domesticated species to support and elaborate his theory of evolution.
  • C. The Theory of Island Biogeography
    The Theory of Island Biogeography is a foundational ecological work that explains how species richness on islands is shaped by the balance between immigration and extinction, profoundly influencing modern conservation biology and biogeography.
  • D. The Behavior of Organisms
    The Behavior of Organisms is B. F. Skinner’s foundational 1938 book that systematically outlines the principles of operant conditioning and experimental analysis of behavior.
  • E. The Insect Societies
    The Insect Societies is a landmark scientific book by E.O. Wilson that systematically examines the behavior, social organization, and evolution of social insects such as ants, bees, wasps, and termites.
  • 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_69a4934d9930819099eed80096b0597d completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a5d5a6b48190a2c81bfc3c6faa25 completed March 1, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a6375fd8388190bb4a13bf4b151bfd completed March 3, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a63814e01081909304d6f01374e5a0 completed March 3, 2026, 1:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a638b43e748190a809b089c35ab1c9 completed March 3, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.