Triple

T8424143
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Bowdler Sharpe E198934 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object British Museum bird collections
The British Museum bird collections comprise one of the world’s most significant ornithological assemblages, containing vast numbers of bird specimens that have been central to taxonomic and biodiversity research.
E733153 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: British Museum bird collections | Statement: [Richard Bowdler Sharpe, associatedWith, British Museum bird collections]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Museum bird collections
Context triple: [Richard Bowdler Sharpe, associatedWith, British Museum bird collections]
  • A. A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company
    A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company is a 19th-century ornithological reference work by Thomas Horsfield documenting and classifying the bird specimens held in the East India Company's museum.
  • B. Ornithological papers in the Zoological Journal
    Ornithological papers in the Zoological Journal are a series of influential early 19th-century bird studies authored by Nicholas Aylward Vigors that helped shape modern ornithological classification and taxonomy.
  • C. Smithsonian Studies in Avian Biology
    Smithsonian Studies in Avian Biology is a scholarly monographic series focused on research in ornithology, published under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution.
  • D. The Birds of Britain
    The Birds of Britain is a renowned ornithological book that provides comprehensive descriptions and illustrations of British bird species.
  • E. History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds
    History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds is a 19th-century scientific monograph by Richard Owen that systematically documents and interprets the fossil remains of mammals and birds found in Britain.
  • 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: British Museum bird collections
Triple: [Richard Bowdler Sharpe, associatedWith, British Museum bird collections]
Generated description
The British Museum bird collections comprise one of the world’s most significant ornithological assemblages, containing vast numbers of bird specimens that have been central to taxonomic and biodiversity research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Museum bird collections
Target entity description: The British Museum bird collections comprise one of the world’s most significant ornithological assemblages, containing vast numbers of bird specimens that have been central to taxonomic and biodiversity research.
  • A. A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company
    A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company is a 19th-century ornithological reference work by Thomas Horsfield documenting and classifying the bird specimens held in the East India Company's museum.
  • B. Ornithological papers in the Zoological Journal
    Ornithological papers in the Zoological Journal are a series of influential early 19th-century bird studies authored by Nicholas Aylward Vigors that helped shape modern ornithological classification and taxonomy.
  • C. Smithsonian Studies in Avian Biology
    Smithsonian Studies in Avian Biology is a scholarly monographic series focused on research in ornithology, published under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution.
  • D. The Birds of Britain
    The Birds of Britain is a renowned ornithological book that provides comprehensive descriptions and illustrations of British bird species.
  • E. History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds
    History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds is a 19th-century scientific monograph by Richard Owen that systematically documents and interprets the fossil remains of mammals and birds found in Britain.
  • 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_69ca8312d63c8190bf133b676b44a385 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb85a0d04481908a5da908cafeceaa completed March 31, 2026, 8:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce035aac4c81909066c1ca1318d006 completed April 2, 2026, 5:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce07837648819080cd4026af55b246 completed April 2, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce083cee848190b27a7dd19a16a0dc completed April 2, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:07 p.m.