Triple

T9575766
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quillajaceae E231041 entity
Predicate notableFor P22 FINISHED
Object soapbark tree
The soapbark tree is an evergreen South American tree whose bark is rich in saponins, historically used as a natural soap and now widely used as a foaming agent and vaccine adjuvant.
E806361 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: soapbark tree | Statement: [Quillajaceae, notableFor, soapbark tree]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: soapbark tree
Context triple: [Quillajaceae, notableFor, soapbark tree]
  • A. Nagi tree
    The Nagi tree is a revered sacred tree species in Japan, often associated with Shinto shrines and believed to offer protection and good fortune.
  • B. Sapindus
    Sapindus is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as soapberries or soapnuts, noted for their saponin-rich fruits traditionally used as a natural soap and detergent.
  • C. Simarouba
    Simarouba is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs known for species like the paradise-tree, some of which are used for timber, traditional medicine, and oil-rich seeds.
  • D. Blighia
    Blighia is a genus of tropical flowering trees in the soapberry family best known for including the ackee tree, whose fruit is both culturally important and potentially toxic.
  • E. Sesbania
    Sesbania is a genus of fast-growing, often nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and used for green manure, fodder, and ornamental purposes.
  • 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: soapbark tree
Triple: [Quillajaceae, notableFor, soapbark tree]
Generated description
The soapbark tree is an evergreen South American tree whose bark is rich in saponins, historically used as a natural soap and now widely used as a foaming agent and vaccine adjuvant.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: soapbark tree
Target entity description: The soapbark tree is an evergreen South American tree whose bark is rich in saponins, historically used as a natural soap and now widely used as a foaming agent and vaccine adjuvant.
  • A. Nagi tree
    The Nagi tree is a revered sacred tree species in Japan, often associated with Shinto shrines and believed to offer protection and good fortune.
  • B. Sapindus
    Sapindus is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as soapberries or soapnuts, noted for their saponin-rich fruits traditionally used as a natural soap and detergent.
  • C. Simarouba
    Simarouba is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs known for species like the paradise-tree, some of which are used for timber, traditional medicine, and oil-rich seeds.
  • D. Blighia
    Blighia is a genus of tropical flowering trees in the soapberry family best known for including the ackee tree, whose fruit is both culturally important and potentially toxic.
  • E. Sesbania
    Sesbania is a genus of fast-growing, often nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and used for green manure, fodder, and ornamental purposes.
  • 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_69ca848091c48190bc313d6620d09555 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd99aa964c8190a50717edff30f10b completed April 1, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d152c3f1e8819099f3f9d0f1d2d7b3 completed April 4, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1536742d88190aff89f2a23f7e67e completed April 4, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d153c42a30819097279446e3db01b9 completed April 4, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:05 p.m.