Triple

T15786322
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Turkana Boy E382746 entity
Predicate discoverySite P1205 FINISHED
Object Nariokotome, west of Lake Turkana, Kenya
Nariokotome, west of Lake Turkana in Kenya, is a paleoanthropological site renowned as the location where the nearly complete Homo erectus/ergaster skeleton known as Turkana Boy was unearthed.
E1176144 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: Nariokotome, west of Lake Turkana, Kenya | Statement: [Turkana Boy, discoverySite, Nariokotome, west of Lake Turkana, Kenya]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nariokotome, west of Lake Turkana, Kenya
Context triple: [Turkana Boy, discoverySite, Nariokotome, west of Lake Turkana, Kenya]
  • A. Amboseli Basin
    Amboseli Basin is a broad, low-lying depression in southern Kenya known for its seasonal wetlands and salt pans that attract large concentrations of wildlife within the Amboseli ecosystem.
  • B. Lake Eyasi region
    The Lake Eyasi region is an area in northern Tanzania known as the traditional homeland of the Hadza people, one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer communities in Africa.
  • C. Mount Elgon National Park (Kenya)
    Mount Elgon National Park (Kenya) is a protected area on the Kenyan side of Mount Elgon, renowned for its montane forests, diverse wildlife, and extensive cave systems formed by ancient volcanic activity.
  • D. Olduvai Gorge
    Olduvai Gorge is a renowned paleoanthropological site in northern Tanzania where some of the earliest known human ancestors’ fossils and stone tools have been discovered.
  • E. Lake Nakuru
    Lake Nakuru is a shallow alkaline lake in Kenya’s Rift Valley, famed for its large populations of flamingos and diverse wildlife within Lake Nakuru National Park.
  • 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: Nariokotome, west of Lake Turkana, Kenya
Triple: [Turkana Boy, discoverySite, Nariokotome, west of Lake Turkana, Kenya]
Generated description
Nariokotome, west of Lake Turkana in Kenya, is a paleoanthropological site renowned as the location where the nearly complete Homo erectus/ergaster skeleton known as Turkana Boy was unearthed.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nariokotome, west of Lake Turkana, Kenya
Target entity description: Nariokotome, west of Lake Turkana in Kenya, is a paleoanthropological site renowned as the location where the nearly complete Homo erectus/ergaster skeleton known as Turkana Boy was unearthed.
  • A. Amboseli Basin
    Amboseli Basin is a broad, low-lying depression in southern Kenya known for its seasonal wetlands and salt pans that attract large concentrations of wildlife within the Amboseli ecosystem.
  • B. Lake Eyasi region
    The Lake Eyasi region is an area in northern Tanzania known as the traditional homeland of the Hadza people, one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer communities in Africa.
  • C. Mount Elgon National Park (Kenya)
    Mount Elgon National Park (Kenya) is a protected area on the Kenyan side of Mount Elgon, renowned for its montane forests, diverse wildlife, and extensive cave systems formed by ancient volcanic activity.
  • D. Olduvai Gorge
    Olduvai Gorge is a renowned paleoanthropological site in northern Tanzania where some of the earliest known human ancestors’ fossils and stone tools have been discovered.
  • E. Lake Nakuru
    Lake Nakuru is a shallow alkaline lake in Kenya’s Rift Valley, famed for its large populations of flamingos and diverse wildlife within Lake Nakuru National Park.
  • 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_69d86da16e188190b89af699f1ed0bfe completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0540380448190a025338f0e62e6d1 completed April 16, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff90a6365c8190833431cf079b21fb completed May 9, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff916638048190ad4a6c85da9cef9d completed May 9, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff91cf6f7c81908361f85c9a98ae80 completed May 9, 2026, 7:58 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:48 a.m.