Triple

T8551276
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gliridae E202449 entity
Predicate describedBy P264 FINISHED
Object Thomas Edward Bowdich
Thomas Edward Bowdich was a 19th-century English traveler, writer, and naturalist known for his explorations in West Africa and contributions to zoological classification.
 E741452 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: Thomas Edward Bowdich | Statement: [Gliridae, describedBy, Thomas Edward Bowdich]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Edward Bowdich
Context triple: [Gliridae, describedBy, Thomas Edward Bowdich]
  • A. Caspar René Gregory
    Caspar René Gregory was a German-American theologian and New Testament textual critic best known for developing the Gregory–Aland numbering system for classifying Greek New Testament manuscripts.
  • B. Henry Markham
    Henry Markham was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of California from 1891 to 1895.
  • C. John Goodricke
    John Goodricke was an 18th-century English astronomer best known for his pioneering work on variable stars, particularly his study of Algol.
  • D. James Dunlop
    James Dunlop was a 19th-century Scottish-born astronomer known for his extensive cataloging of southern sky deep-sky objects while working in Australia.
  • E. James Dunlop
    James Dunlop was a prominent 19th-century American jurist who served as a judge on the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
  • 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: Thomas Edward Bowdich
Triple: [Gliridae, describedBy, Thomas Edward Bowdich]
Generated description
Thomas Edward Bowdich was a 19th-century English traveler, writer, and naturalist known for his explorations in West Africa and contributions to zoological classification.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Edward Bowdich
Target entity description: Thomas Edward Bowdich was a 19th-century English traveler, writer, and naturalist known for his explorations in West Africa and contributions to zoological classification.
  • A. Caspar René Gregory
    Caspar René Gregory was a German-American theologian and New Testament textual critic best known for developing the Gregory–Aland numbering system for classifying Greek New Testament manuscripts.
  • B. Henry Markham
    Henry Markham was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of California from 1891 to 1895.
  • C. John Goodricke
    John Goodricke was an 18th-century English astronomer best known for his pioneering work on variable stars, particularly his study of Algol.
  • D. James Dunlop
    James Dunlop was a 19th-century Scottish-born astronomer known for his extensive cataloging of southern sky deep-sky objects while working in Australia.
  • E. James Dunlop
    James Dunlop was a prominent 19th-century American jurist who served as a judge on the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
  • 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_69ca832610e08190b3b6c6cd2c250255 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe886fb788190a73e7c76c4f86409 completed March 31, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce6dc7f6fc8190addd5d2bbe1f4408 completed April 2, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce6f3f40708190a351600ec9f12ee4 completed April 2, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce703b74f8819093bda2d3e59f7e94 completed April 2, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:19 p.m.