Triple

T8647031
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Merle Coulter E205001 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Manual of Botany
Manual of Botany is a foundational botanical textbook by John Merle Coulter that systematically describes and classifies North American plant species for scientific and educational use.
E747786 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: Manual of Botany | Statement: [John Merle Coulter, notableWork, Manual of Botany]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manual of Botany
Context triple: [John Merle Coulter, notableWork, Manual of Botany]
  • A. Manual of Botany for the Northern States
    Manual of Botany for the Northern States is an early 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically catalogues and describes the plant species of the northern United States.
  • B. A Catalogue of British Plants
    A Catalogue of British Plants is a 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically lists and describes plant species found in Britain.
  • C. Handbook of the British Flora
    Handbook of the British Flora is a classic 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically describes and classifies the plant species of Britain.
  • D. Principles of Descriptive and Physiological Botany
    Principles of Descriptive and Physiological Botany is a 19th-century botanical textbook by John Stevens Henslow that systematically outlines plant structure, classification, and function for students of botany.
  • E. Flora Brasiliensis
    Flora Brasiliensis is a monumental 19th-century multi-volume botanical work documenting and classifying the plant species of Brazil.
  • 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: Manual of Botany
Triple: [John Merle Coulter, notableWork, Manual of Botany]
Generated description
Manual of Botany is a foundational botanical textbook by John Merle Coulter that systematically describes and classifies North American plant species for scientific and educational use.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manual of Botany
Target entity description: Manual of Botany is a foundational botanical textbook by John Merle Coulter that systematically describes and classifies North American plant species for scientific and educational use.
  • A. Manual of Botany for the Northern States
    Manual of Botany for the Northern States is an early 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically catalogues and describes the plant species of the northern United States.
  • B. A Catalogue of British Plants
    A Catalogue of British Plants is a 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically lists and describes plant species found in Britain.
  • C. Handbook of the British Flora
    Handbook of the British Flora is a classic 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically describes and classifies the plant species of Britain.
  • D. Principles of Descriptive and Physiological Botany
    Principles of Descriptive and Physiological Botany is a 19th-century botanical textbook by John Stevens Henslow that systematically outlines plant structure, classification, and function for students of botany.
  • E. Flora Brasiliensis
    Flora Brasiliensis is a monumental 19th-century multi-volume botanical work documenting and classifying the plant species of Brazil.
  • 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_69ca834e56848190abb0eeaec9dedd32 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc48112b4881908901214f41b6bf71 completed March 31, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cebc4883cc8190a6fb72005ca99512 completed April 2, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cebd2cb2e481909a2862e79482c37a completed April 2, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cebdd77b6c81908c35ee96dfe053d8 completed April 2, 2026, 7:04 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:29 p.m.