Triple
T8912773
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection |
E212222
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entity |
| Predicate | clarifiedBy |
P519
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Donald Hamilton |
E162198
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Donald Hamilton | Statement: [Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection, clarifiedBy, William Donald Hamilton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Donald Hamilton Context triple: [Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection, clarifiedBy, William Donald Hamilton]
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A.
William D. Hamilton
chosen
William D. Hamilton was a pioneering British evolutionary biologist best known for his work on kin selection and the genetic basis of social behavior.
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B.
George C. Williams
George C. Williams was an influential evolutionary biologist best known for his work on adaptation, natural selection, and the gene-centered view of evolution.
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C.
John Maynard Smith
John Maynard Smith was a British evolutionary biologist and geneticist renowned for applying game theory to evolution and for his influential work on the mathematical foundations of natural selection.
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D.
J. B. S. Haldane
J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
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E.
George R. Price
George R. Price was an American population geneticist and polymath best known for his mathematical reformulation of natural selection and his influential work on the evolution of altruism.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca8393b1808190bd4336787ffa2c40 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc6525d1408190a76522d7c4ac37da |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfc1cdfa6c8190af7b6312c73d59f9 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 1:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:56 p.m.