Triple

T123737
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Insect Societies E2500 entity
Predicate focusesOnTaxon P31 FINISHED
Object Formicidae
Formicidae is the biological family comprising all ant species, known for their complex social organization and widespread ecological impact.
E13817 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Formicidae | Statement: [The Insect Societies, focusesOnTaxon, Formicidae]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Formicidae
Context triple: [The Insect Societies, focusesOnTaxon, Formicidae]
  • A. Mimidae
    Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
  • B. The Insect Societies
    The Insect Societies is a landmark scientific book by E.O. Wilson that systematically examines the behavior, social organization, and evolution of social insects such as ants, bees, wasps, and termites.
  • C. Odontophoridae
    Odontophoridae is a family of New World quails, small ground-dwelling game birds known for their rounded bodies, short tails, and often elaborate head plumes.
  • D. The Ants
    The Ants is a Pulitzer Prize–winning scientific book that provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of ant biology, behavior, and social organization.
  • E. Bert Hölldobler
    Bert Hölldobler is a German behavioral biologist and myrmecologist renowned for his pioneering research on ant societies and social insects.
  • 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: Formicidae
Triple: [The Insect Societies, focusesOnTaxon, Formicidae]
Generated description
Formicidae is the biological family comprising all ant species, known for their complex social organization and widespread ecological impact.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Formicidae
Target entity description: Formicidae is the biological family comprising all ant species, known for their complex social organization and widespread ecological impact.
  • A. Mimidae
    Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
  • B. The Insect Societies
    The Insect Societies is a landmark scientific book by E.O. Wilson that systematically examines the behavior, social organization, and evolution of social insects such as ants, bees, wasps, and termites.
  • C. Odontophoridae
    Odontophoridae is a family of New World quails, small ground-dwelling game birds known for their rounded bodies, short tails, and often elaborate head plumes.
  • D. The Ants
    The Ants is a Pulitzer Prize–winning scientific book that provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of ant biology, behavior, and social organization.
  • E. Bert Hölldobler
    Bert Hölldobler is a German behavioral biologist and myrmecologist renowned for his pioneering research on ant societies and social insects.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: focusesOnTaxon
Context triple: [The Insect Societies, focusesOnTaxon, Formicidae]
  • A. focusesOn chosen
    Indicates that one entity directs its attention, effort, or primary activity toward another entity or specific subject.
  • B. affectsTaxon
    Indicates that one entity has an impact or influence on a particular taxon or group of organisms.
  • C. parentTaxon
    Indicates that one taxonomic group is the immediate higher-level (parent) taxon of another taxonomic group.
  • D. notableSpecies
    Indicates that the subject is known for, or significantly associated with, the specified species.
  • E. taxonRank
    Indicates the formal hierarchical rank (such as species, genus, family, etc.) that a given taxon occupies within a biological classification system.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a251b54ea88190b18281669f59b4c0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2573ce0ac8190b49fb31d3d475bf9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2982485348190b2b361aef7b42fc9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a299032e748190b8f91ff2109c40fe completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a29af5cf3c8190a88b5cbabea72cc5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:36 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2564928208190966a619680a0d6e2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.