Triple

T8647035
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Merle Coulter E205001 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities
Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities is a comprehensive academic botany textbook authored by botanist John Merle Coulter for use in higher education.
E747790 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: Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities | Statement: [John Merle Coulter, notableWork, Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities
Context triple: [John Merle Coulter, notableWork, Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Théorie élémentaire de la botanique
    Théorie élémentaire de la botanique is a foundational 19th-century botanical treatise that helped establish modern plant taxonomy and morphology.
  • C. On the Causes of Plants
    On the Causes of Plants is an ancient botanical treatise by Theophrastus that systematically investigates plant growth, reproduction, and cultivation practices in the classical world.
  • D. Variation and Evolution in Plants
    Variation and Evolution in Plants is a foundational botanical work by G. Ledyard Stebbins that integrated genetics, evolution, and plant biology, helping to solidify the modern evolutionary synthesis.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities
Triple: [John Merle Coulter, notableWork, Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities]
Generated description
Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities is a comprehensive academic botany textbook authored by botanist John Merle Coulter for use in higher education.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities
Target entity description: Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities is a comprehensive academic botany textbook authored by botanist John Merle Coulter for use in higher education.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Théorie élémentaire de la botanique
    Théorie élémentaire de la botanique is a foundational 19th-century botanical treatise that helped establish modern plant taxonomy and morphology.
  • C. On the Causes of Plants
    On the Causes of Plants is an ancient botanical treatise by Theophrastus that systematically investigates plant growth, reproduction, and cultivation practices in the classical world.
  • D. Variation and Evolution in Plants
    Variation and Evolution in Plants is a foundational botanical work by G. Ledyard Stebbins that integrated genetics, evolution, and plant biology, helping to solidify the modern evolutionary synthesis.
  • E. 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.
  • 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.