Triple

T1186282
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alfred W. Crosby E25254 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Germs, Seeds and Animals
Germs, Seeds and Animals is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how the global spread of organisms transformed human societies and environments.
E135796 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: Germs, Seeds and Animals | Statement: [Alfred W. Crosby, notableWork, Germs, Seeds and Animals]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Germs, Seeds and Animals
Context triple: [Alfred W. Crosby, notableWork, Germs, Seeds and Animals]
  • A. Plant Predators
    Plant Predators is an episode of the nature documentary series "The Life of Mammals" that explores how various mammal species feed on and interact with plants.
  • B. Animal Kingdom
    Animal Kingdom is a crime drama television series that follows a Southern California crime family led by a manipulative matriarch, exploring themes of loyalty, violence, and dysfunctional family dynamics.
  • C. Animal Kingdom
    Animal Kingdom is a critically acclaimed 2010 Australian crime drama film that explores the violent dynamics of a Melbourne crime family and launched international recognition for several of its cast and creators.
  • D. Agrotera
    Agrotera is an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis that emphasizes her role as a huntress and protector of wild animals.
  • E. The Germ
    The Germ was a short-lived 1850 periodical founded by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to promote their artistic and literary ideals.
  • 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: Germs, Seeds and Animals
Triple: [Alfred W. Crosby, notableWork, Germs, Seeds and Animals]
Generated description
Germs, Seeds and Animals is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how the global spread of organisms transformed human societies and environments.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Germs, Seeds and Animals
Target entity description: Germs, Seeds and Animals is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how the global spread of organisms transformed human societies and environments.
  • A. Plant Predators
    Plant Predators is an episode of the nature documentary series "The Life of Mammals" that explores how various mammal species feed on and interact with plants.
  • B. Animal Kingdom
    Animal Kingdom is a crime drama television series that follows a Southern California crime family led by a manipulative matriarch, exploring themes of loyalty, violence, and dysfunctional family dynamics.
  • C. Animal Kingdom
    Animal Kingdom is a critically acclaimed 2010 Australian crime drama film that explores the violent dynamics of a Melbourne crime family and launched international recognition for several of its cast and creators.
  • D. Agrotera
    Agrotera is an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis that emphasizes her role as a huntress and protector of wild animals.
  • E. The Germ
    The Germ was a short-lived 1850 periodical founded by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to promote their artistic and literary ideals.
  • 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_69a49427d98881908646d6c63b8cea1e completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd53e4b48190abb2167f8074a6bc completed March 1, 2026, 10:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac6f239a288190ae488d11cff8ebf2 completed March 7, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac6fea11408190b84d9fc54d4c4917 completed March 7, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac70592c5c8190a1f86378ec5f70a9 completed March 7, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.