Triple
T11339385
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Brachiosaurus |
E268554
|
entity |
| Predicate | describedBy |
P264
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Elmer S. Riggs
Elmer S. Riggs was an American paleontologist known for his early 20th-century work on dinosaur fossils, including formally naming and describing the genus Brachiosaurus.
|
E989917
|
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: Elmer S. Riggs | Statement: [Brachiosaurus, describedBy, Elmer S. Riggs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmer S. Riggs Context triple: [Brachiosaurus, describedBy, Elmer S. Riggs]
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A.
William V. Pratt
William V. Pratt was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the early 1930s and played a key role in shaping interwar naval policy and arms limitation efforts.
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B.
Herbert E. Winlock
Herbert E. Winlock was an influential American Egyptologist and archaeologist known for his extensive early 20th-century excavations and research on ancient Theban sites in Egypt.
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C.
Oliver Bascom
Oliver Bascom was a 19th-century American politician who served as a New York State Canal Commissioner, helping oversee the administration and development of the state's canal system.
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D.
William Bartlett Peet
William Bartlett Peet was an American children's book author and illustrator best known for his work as a story artist at Walt Disney Studios and for his many popular picture books.
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E.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Benjamin Ide Wheeler was an American classical scholar and influential president of the University of California, Berkeley in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Elmer S. Riggs Triple: [Brachiosaurus, describedBy, Elmer S. Riggs]
Generated description
Elmer S. Riggs was an American paleontologist known for his early 20th-century work on dinosaur fossils, including formally naming and describing the genus Brachiosaurus.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmer S. Riggs Target entity description: Elmer S. Riggs was an American paleontologist known for his early 20th-century work on dinosaur fossils, including formally naming and describing the genus Brachiosaurus.
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A.
William V. Pratt
William V. Pratt was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the early 1930s and played a key role in shaping interwar naval policy and arms limitation efforts.
-
B.
Herbert E. Winlock
Herbert E. Winlock was an influential American Egyptologist and archaeologist known for his extensive early 20th-century excavations and research on ancient Theban sites in Egypt.
-
C.
Oliver Bascom
Oliver Bascom was a 19th-century American politician who served as a New York State Canal Commissioner, helping oversee the administration and development of the state's canal system.
-
D.
William Bartlett Peet
William Bartlett Peet was an American children's book author and illustrator best known for his work as a story artist at Walt Disney Studios and for his many popular picture books.
-
E.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Benjamin Ide Wheeler was an American classical scholar and influential president of the University of California, Berkeley in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69d6aacb1f0881908c84a349fd1be047 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7ea01c6c08190910a6ce8fb7e186d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6554d0b0081909cc031ff06b796c0 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6566dccc0819085e059c7b0288f6c |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f65799ca588190b9f7a07f5c1a842c |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:59 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:33 p.m.