Triple

T9073142
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Trogopterus E217416 entity
Predicate firstDescribedBy P7386 FINISHED
Object Theodor Milne-Edwards
Theodor Milne-Edwards was a 19th-century French zoologist and naturalist known for his extensive work on mammalian taxonomy and comparative anatomy.
 E776225 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: Theodor Milne-Edwards | Statement: [Trogopterus, firstDescribedBy, Theodor Milne-Edwards]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Theodor Milne-Edwards
Context triple: [Trogopterus, firstDescribedBy, Theodor Milne-Edwards]
  • A. Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers
    Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers was a 19th-century French zoologist and anatomist renowned for his pioneering research in marine invertebrates and for founding important marine biology laboratories.
  • B. Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger
    Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger was a German zoologist and entomologist known for his influential early 19th-century work in animal classification and taxonomy.
  • C. Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a pioneering German entomologist renowned for his foundational work in the classification and description of Diptera (true flies).
  • D. Fritz Müller
    Fritz Müller was a Swiss mountaineer known for participating in the 1956 Swiss expedition that made the first successful ascent of Lhotse and notable ascents on Mount Everest.
  • E. Fritz Müller
    Fritz Müller was a film editor known for his work on notable European productions, including Orson Welles’ acclaimed film "Chimes at Midnight."
  • 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: Theodor Milne-Edwards
Triple: [Trogopterus, firstDescribedBy, Theodor Milne-Edwards]
Generated description
Theodor Milne-Edwards was a 19th-century French zoologist and naturalist known for his extensive work on mammalian taxonomy and comparative anatomy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Theodor Milne-Edwards
Target entity description: Theodor Milne-Edwards was a 19th-century French zoologist and naturalist known for his extensive work on mammalian taxonomy and comparative anatomy.
  • A. Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers
    Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers was a 19th-century French zoologist and anatomist renowned for his pioneering research in marine invertebrates and for founding important marine biology laboratories.
  • B. Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger
    Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger was a German zoologist and entomologist known for his influential early 19th-century work in animal classification and taxonomy.
  • C. Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a pioneering German entomologist renowned for his foundational work in the classification and description of Diptera (true flies).
  • D. Fritz Müller
    Fritz Müller was a film editor known for his work on notable European productions, including Orson Welles’ acclaimed film "Chimes at Midnight."
  • E. Fritz Müller
    Fritz Müller was a Swiss mountaineer known for participating in the 1956 Swiss expedition that made the first successful ascent of Lhotse and notable ascents on Mount Everest.
  • 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_69ca83d6c14c8190bc056d927f00a2a2 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc956111dc8190a25cefe68fd6a949 completed April 1, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cffdf72e74819086f576a4b2532387 completed April 3, 2026, 5:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d000d4a4548190939a9a9946be469b completed April 3, 2026, 6:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d001b245f08190a8e5c53c570b20a0 completed April 3, 2026, 6:06 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:12 p.m.