Triple

T1753995
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David M. Buss E38509 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Donald Symons
Donald Symons is an American anthropologist and pioneering evolutionary psychologist best known for his influential work on human sexuality and the evolutionary basis of sex differences.
E263358 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: Donald Symons | Statement: [David M. Buss, influencedBy, Donald Symons]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Symons
Context triple: [David M. Buss, influencedBy, Donald Symons]
  • A. Denis Barnett
    Denis Barnett was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during and after the Second World War.
  • B. Alan Cottrell
    Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.
  • C. Richard Hiscott
    Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
  • D. Alan McMichael
    Alan McMichael is a key protagonist in the gothic romance horror film "Crimson Peak," portrayed as a loyal and principled young man who becomes entangled in the dark secrets surrounding the Sharpe family.
  • E. Ron Saunders
    Ron Saunders was an English football manager best known for leading Aston Villa to major domestic success, including the First Division title in 1980–81.
  • 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: Donald Symons
Triple: [David M. Buss, influencedBy, Donald Symons]
Generated description
Donald Symons is an American anthropologist and pioneering evolutionary psychologist best known for his influential work on human sexuality and the evolutionary basis of sex differences.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Symons
Target entity description: Donald Symons is an American anthropologist and pioneering evolutionary psychologist best known for his influential work on human sexuality and the evolutionary basis of sex differences.
  • A. Denis Barnett
    Denis Barnett was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during and after the Second World War.
  • B. Alan Cottrell
    Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.
  • C. Richard Hiscott
    Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
  • D. Alan McMichael
    Alan McMichael is a key protagonist in the gothic romance horror film "Crimson Peak," portrayed as a loyal and principled young man who becomes entangled in the dark secrets surrounding the Sharpe family.
  • E. Ron Saunders
    Ron Saunders was an English football manager best known for leading Aston Villa to major domestic success, including the First Division title in 1980–81.
  • 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_69a8862bdb2081908aefe831c8aa8017 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa64169c508190a33074fb06e9c755 completed March 6, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aeb3a777a481909e8b350811ee29c0 completed March 9, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aeb48dfbfc81908193c909315bd030 completed March 9, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aeb57af28c8190bfca30ad3e7ca8b3 completed March 9, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.