Triple

T11389367
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nathaniel Lord Britton E269793 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions
Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions is a comprehensive multi-volume botanical reference work by Nathaniel Lord Britton that systematically documents and illustrates the vascular plants of northeastern North America.
E923454 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: Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions | Statement: [Nathaniel Lord Britton, notableWork, Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions
Context triple: [Nathaniel Lord Britton, notableWork, Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions]
  • A. Manual of Botany for the Northern States
    Manual of Botany for the Northern States is an early 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically catalogues and describes the plant species of the northern United States.
  • B. Flora of Canada
    Flora of Canada encompasses the diverse native and naturalized plant species found across Canada's varied ecosystems, from boreal forests and tundra to prairies and coastal regions.
  • C. Wild Flowers of America
    Wild Flowers of America is an illustrated botanical work showcasing and describing the native wildflower species found across the United States.
  • D. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien
    Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien is a foundational multi-volume botanical reference work that systematically classified plant families and greatly influenced modern plant taxonomy.
  • E. Manual of Botany
    Manual of Botany is a foundational botanical textbook by John Merle Coulter that systematically describes and classifies North American plant species for scientific and educational use.
  • 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: Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions
Triple: [Nathaniel Lord Britton, notableWork, Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions]
Generated description
Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions is a comprehensive multi-volume botanical reference work by Nathaniel Lord Britton that systematically documents and illustrates the vascular plants of northeastern North America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions
Target entity description: Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions is a comprehensive multi-volume botanical reference work by Nathaniel Lord Britton that systematically documents and illustrates the vascular plants of northeastern North America.
  • A. Manual of Botany for the Northern States
    Manual of Botany for the Northern States is an early 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically catalogues and describes the plant species of the northern United States.
  • B. Flora of Canada
    Flora of Canada encompasses the diverse native and naturalized plant species found across Canada's varied ecosystems, from boreal forests and tundra to prairies and coastal regions.
  • C. Wild Flowers of America
    Wild Flowers of America is an illustrated botanical work showcasing and describing the native wildflower species found across the United States.
  • D. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien
    Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien is a foundational multi-volume botanical reference work that systematically classified plant families and greatly influenced modern plant taxonomy.
  • E. Manual of Botany
    Manual of Botany is a foundational botanical textbook by John Merle Coulter that systematically describes and classifies North American plant species for scientific and educational use.
  • 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7fc389d4c81909515a5c8b0099c36 completed April 9, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e58c672da48190affacc0f19ef0c7a completed April 20, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e59774e6648190a38b2515a83c2e0c completed April 20, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5a3abf24481908fb71f4ef6b13532 completed April 20, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.