Triple

T8846040
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Trivers E210506 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object “Parental investment and sexual selection”
“Parental investment and sexual selection” is a landmark 1972 paper by evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers that explains how differences in parental investment shape mating strategies and drive sexual selection across species.
 E760894 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: “Parental investment and sexual selection” | Statement: [Robert Trivers, notableWork, “Parental investment and sexual selection”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “Parental investment and sexual selection”
Context triple: [Robert Trivers, notableWork, “Parental investment and sexual selection”]
  • A. "Darwin, Sex, and Status"
    "Darwin, Sex, and Status" is a book by evolutionary psychologist Jerome H. Barkow that explores how evolutionary theory shapes human behavior, social hierarchies, and mating strategies.
  • B. The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
    The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating is a landmark book in evolutionary psychology that explores how natural selection has shaped human mating strategies, preferences, and behaviors across cultures.
  • C. Sex, Evolution, and Behavior
    Sex, Evolution, and Behavior is an influential book that applies evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology to explain patterns of sexual behavior and reproductive strategies in humans and other animals.
  • D. Sex and Evolution
    Sex and Evolution is a seminal 1975 book by evolutionary biologist George C. Williams that analyzes the evolutionary origins and adaptive significance of sexual reproduction.
  • E. The Evolution of Sex
    The Evolution of Sex is a seminal 1978 book by evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith that analyzes why sexual reproduction evolved and how it is maintained despite its apparent costs.
  • 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: “Parental investment and sexual selection”
Triple: [Robert Trivers, notableWork, “Parental investment and sexual selection”]
Generated description
“Parental investment and sexual selection” is a landmark 1972 paper by evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers that explains how differences in parental investment shape mating strategies and drive sexual selection across species.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “Parental investment and sexual selection”
Target entity description: “Parental investment and sexual selection” is a landmark 1972 paper by evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers that explains how differences in parental investment shape mating strategies and drive sexual selection across species.
  • A. "Darwin, Sex, and Status"
    "Darwin, Sex, and Status" is a book by evolutionary psychologist Jerome H. Barkow that explores how evolutionary theory shapes human behavior, social hierarchies, and mating strategies.
  • B. The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
    The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating is a landmark book in evolutionary psychology that explores how natural selection has shaped human mating strategies, preferences, and behaviors across cultures.
  • C. Sex, Evolution, and Behavior
    Sex, Evolution, and Behavior is an influential book that applies evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology to explain patterns of sexual behavior and reproductive strategies in humans and other animals.
  • D. Sex and Evolution
    Sex and Evolution is a seminal 1975 book by evolutionary biologist George C. Williams that analyzes the evolutionary origins and adaptive significance of sexual reproduction.
  • E. The Evolution of Sex
    The Evolution of Sex is a seminal 1978 book by evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith that analyzes why sexual reproduction evolved and how it is maintained despite its apparent costs.
  • 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_69ca838967bc8190b46c3c80a2887ea4 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc60a7c518819095399976148e1b9a completed April 1, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf89b5acbc8190b0f5a81af71fc7aa completed April 3, 2026, 9:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf8b4c15ac8190816f679de979b6b5 completed April 3, 2026, 9:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf8bfdf55081909b71ef3e92c4928f completed April 3, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:48 p.m.