Triple

T8392627
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Macroscelidea E197978 entity
Predicate containsFamily P3600 FINISHED
Object Macroscelididae
Macroscelididae is a family of small, insectivorous African mammals commonly known as elephant shrews or sengis, noted for their elongated snouts and swift, hopping locomotion.
 E197978 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: Macroscelididae | Statement: [Macroscelidea, containsFamily, Macroscelididae]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Macroscelididae
Context triple: [Macroscelidea, containsFamily, Macroscelididae]
  • A. Macroscelidea
    Macroscelidea is an order of small, insectivorous African mammals commonly known as elephant shrews or sengis, characterized by their elongated snouts and swift, hopping locomotion.
  • B. Macroscelides
    Macroscelides is a genus of small, long-nosed African mammals commonly known as elephant shrews or sengis.
  • C. Herpestoidea
    Herpestoidea is a mammalian superfamily that primarily includes mongooses and their close relatives within the order Carnivora.
  • D. Dasyuridae
    Dasyuridae is a family of carnivorous marsupials that includes quolls, dunnarts, and the Tasmanian devil, primarily native to Australia and New Guinea.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Macroscelididae
Triple: [Macroscelidea, containsFamily, Macroscelididae]
Generated description
Macroscelididae is a family of small, insectivorous African mammals commonly known as elephant shrews or sengis, noted for their elongated snouts and swift, hopping locomotion.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Macroscelididae
Target entity description: Macroscelididae is a family of small, insectivorous African mammals commonly known as elephant shrews or sengis, noted for their elongated snouts and swift, hopping locomotion.
  • A. Macroscelidea chosen
    Macroscelidea is an order of small, insectivorous African mammals commonly known as elephant shrews or sengis, characterized by their elongated snouts and swift, hopping locomotion.
  • B. Macroscelides
    Macroscelides is a genus of small, long-nosed African mammals commonly known as elephant shrews or sengis.
  • C. Herpestoidea
    Herpestoidea is a mammalian superfamily that primarily includes mongooses and their close relatives within the order Carnivora.
  • D. Dasyuridae
    Dasyuridae is a family of carnivorous marsupials that includes quolls, dunnarts, and the Tasmanian devil, primarily native to Australia and New Guinea.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca82f816bc8190ab321c07d72208c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb810e16b081908e2c25bfb9d590ed completed March 31, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce02d5e0648190b33011c2ddca4ad3 completed April 2, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce077f25648190b9a95fb72f5b4f8c completed April 2, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce08e192088190ad8170b1bedd568d completed April 2, 2026, 6:12 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:03 p.m.