Triple

T1693676
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sierra Nevada foothills E36605 entity
Predicate flora P953 FINISHED
Object Quercus douglasii
Quercus douglasii, commonly known as blue oak, is a drought-tolerant deciduous oak tree native to California’s interior woodlands and foothills.
E192064 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: Quercus douglasii | Statement: [Sierra Nevada foothills, flora, Quercus douglasii]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quercus douglasii
Context triple: [Sierra Nevada foothills, flora, Quercus douglasii]
  • A. Ponderosa pine
    Ponderosa pine is a large, long-lived coniferous tree native to western North America, known for its tall straight trunk, distinctive puzzle-like bark, and importance in montane forest ecosystems.
  • B. Calocedrus
    Calocedrus is a small genus of evergreen coniferous trees, commonly known as incense cedars, native to East Asia and western North America and valued for their aromatic wood and ornamental use.
  • C. Mesquite
    Mesquite is a suburban city in the eastern part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its residential communities and regional retail centers.
  • D. Shasta red fir
    Shasta red fir is a coniferous tree species native to the mountains of northern California and southern Oregon, known for its tall, straight trunk and dense, reddish-barked crown in high-elevation forests.
  • E. Paliurus
    Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
  • 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: Quercus douglasii
Triple: [Sierra Nevada foothills, flora, Quercus douglasii]
Generated description
Quercus douglasii, commonly known as blue oak, is a drought-tolerant deciduous oak tree native to California’s interior woodlands and foothills.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quercus douglasii
Target entity description: Quercus douglasii, commonly known as blue oak, is a drought-tolerant deciduous oak tree native to California’s interior woodlands and foothills.
  • A. Ponderosa pine
    Ponderosa pine is a large, long-lived coniferous tree native to western North America, known for its tall straight trunk, distinctive puzzle-like bark, and importance in montane forest ecosystems.
  • B. Calocedrus
    Calocedrus is a small genus of evergreen coniferous trees, commonly known as incense cedars, native to East Asia and western North America and valued for their aromatic wood and ornamental use.
  • C. Mesquite
    Mesquite is a suburban city in the eastern part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its residential communities and regional retail centers.
  • D. Shasta red fir
    Shasta red fir is a coniferous tree species native to the mountains of northern California and southern Oregon, known for its tall, straight trunk and dense, reddish-barked crown in high-elevation forests.
  • E. Paliurus
    Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
  • 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_69a886163dec8190859c514232a37a05 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa62b228988190a7d19003ddf10ce5 completed March 6, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad7996a39481909152a6a799659c93 completed March 8, 2026, 1:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad7bd602e4819093768853da8f506c completed March 8, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad8200103c81908e0b3d134b291409 completed March 8, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.