Triple

T10067422
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pterocarpus E213135 entity
Predicate namedBy P63 FINISHED
Object William Roxburgh
William Roxburgh was an 18th–19th century Scottish surgeon and botanist, often called the "Father of Indian Botany" for his pioneering work documenting the flora of the Indian subcontinent.
 E840341 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: William Roxburgh | Statement: [Pterocarpus, namedBy, William Roxburgh]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Roxburgh
Context triple: [Pterocarpus, namedBy, William Roxburgh]
  • A. J. F. Roxburgh
    J. F. Roxburgh was a pioneering British headmaster and educational reformer best known for shaping the early character and ethos of Stowe School in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • B. Thomas Nuttall
    Thomas Nuttall was a 19th-century English-born American botanist and zoologist known for his extensive exploration and classification of North American flora and fauna.
  • C. Ferdinand von Mueller
    Ferdinand von Mueller was a prominent 19th-century German-Australian botanist and explorer who made major contributions to the study and classification of Australian flora.
  • D. John Lindley
    John Lindley is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films and television series, including the romantic comedy "You've Got Mail."
  • E. John Lindley
    John Lindley was a 19th-century English botanist renowned for his influential work in plant taxonomy and classification.
  • 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: William Roxburgh
Triple: [Pterocarpus, namedBy, William Roxburgh]
Generated description
William Roxburgh was an 18th–19th century Scottish surgeon and botanist, often called the "Father of Indian Botany" for his pioneering work documenting the flora of the Indian subcontinent.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Roxburgh
Target entity description: William Roxburgh was an 18th–19th century Scottish surgeon and botanist, often called the "Father of Indian Botany" for his pioneering work documenting the flora of the Indian subcontinent.
  • A. J. F. Roxburgh
    J. F. Roxburgh was a pioneering British headmaster and educational reformer best known for shaping the early character and ethos of Stowe School in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • B. Thomas Nuttall
    Thomas Nuttall was a 19th-century English-born American botanist and zoologist known for his extensive exploration and classification of North American flora and fauna.
  • C. Ferdinand von Mueller
    Ferdinand von Mueller was a prominent 19th-century German-Australian botanist and explorer who made major contributions to the study and classification of Australian flora.
  • D. John Lindley
    John Lindley is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films and television series, including the romantic comedy "You've Got Mail."
  • E. John Lindley
    John Lindley was a 19th-century English botanist renowned for his influential work in plant taxonomy and classification.
  • 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_69ca83977128819084084eb7d1d8c52a completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdcff798bc8190a84af7bedea66f0a completed April 2, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2b63d13fc8190bdeac3c7b2529052 completed April 5, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2b78f3c248190b104937e2d669882 completed April 5, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2b84a26a481908ab2705d5883cfce completed April 5, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:58 p.m.