Triple

T7764298
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herpestidae E176106 entity
Predicate includes P1393 FINISHED
Object Crossarchus obscurus
Crossarchus obscurus is a small, social mongoose species native to West African forests and savannas, known for living in cooperative family groups and foraging on invertebrates and small vertebrates.
E688389 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: Crossarchus obscurus | Statement: [Herpestidae, includes, Crossarchus obscurus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crossarchus obscurus
Context triple: [Herpestidae, includes, Crossarchus obscurus]
  • A. Proteles cristata
    Proteles cristata, commonly known as the aardwolf, is a small, insectivorous mammal native to eastern and southern Africa and the most specialized termite-feeding member of the hyena family.
  • B. Leptailurus serval
    Leptailurus serval is a medium-sized African wild cat known for its long legs, large ears, and exceptional hunting abilities in grassland and savanna habitats.
  • C. Suricata suricatta
    Suricata suricatta is the scientific name for the meerkat, a small, social, burrowing mongoose native to arid regions of southern Africa.
  • D. Atlantoxerus
    Atlantoxerus is a genus of ground-dwelling squirrels native to North Africa, best known for the Barbary ground squirrel.
  • E. African civet
    The African civet is a nocturnal, omnivorous mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, known for its distinctive black-and-white markings and for producing civetone, historically used in the perfume industry.
  • 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: Crossarchus obscurus
Triple: [Herpestidae, includes, Crossarchus obscurus]
Generated description
Crossarchus obscurus is a small, social mongoose species native to West African forests and savannas, known for living in cooperative family groups and foraging on invertebrates and small vertebrates.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crossarchus obscurus
Target entity description: Crossarchus obscurus is a small, social mongoose species native to West African forests and savannas, known for living in cooperative family groups and foraging on invertebrates and small vertebrates.
  • A. Proteles cristata
    Proteles cristata, commonly known as the aardwolf, is a small, insectivorous mammal native to eastern and southern Africa and the most specialized termite-feeding member of the hyena family.
  • B. Leptailurus serval
    Leptailurus serval is a medium-sized African wild cat known for its long legs, large ears, and exceptional hunting abilities in grassland and savanna habitats.
  • C. Suricata suricatta
    Suricata suricatta is the scientific name for the meerkat, a small, social, burrowing mongoose native to arid regions of southern Africa.
  • D. Atlantoxerus
    Atlantoxerus is a genus of ground-dwelling squirrels native to North Africa, best known for the Barbary ground squirrel.
  • E. African civet
    The African civet is a nocturnal, omnivorous mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, known for its distinctive black-and-white markings and for producing civetone, historically used in the perfume industry.
  • 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_69c69962923c8190ac74d28b4f9fe0a0 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c704076ba08190bcde971f7e4448c6 completed March 27, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8d6c8276c8190bdc3efc2a6175610 completed March 29, 2026, 7:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8d90770388190b3793f4d18ba9fd8 completed March 29, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8d9c3167081909e2cd0fa20e7752e completed March 29, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:09 p.m.