Triple
T1851813
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Chandler Cowles |
E41610
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Victor E. Shelford |
E42019
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Victor E. Shelford | Statement: [Henry Chandler Cowles, influenced, Victor E. Shelford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Victor E. Shelford Context triple: [Henry Chandler Cowles, influenced, Victor E. Shelford]
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A.
Victor E. Shelford
chosen
Victor E. Shelford was an American ecologist and pioneer in animal ecology who helped establish ecology as a scientific discipline in the United States.
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B.
Henry Chandler Cowles
Henry Chandler Cowles was an American botanist and pioneering ecologist whose work on plant succession helped establish ecology as a scientific discipline.
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C.
Frederic Clements
Frederic Clements was an American plant ecologist best known for developing the influential theory of ecological succession, viewing plant communities as integrated “superorganisms” that progress through predictable stages.
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D.
Charles D. Michener
Charles D. Michener was an American entomologist renowned for his pioneering and comprehensive research on bees and their taxonomy.
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E.
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
G. Evelyn Hutchinson was a pioneering 20th-century ecologist often called the "father of modern ecology" for his influential work on ecological niches, limnology, and the theoretical foundations of population and community ecology.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a8864a83848190a4ec02721306c511 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb06829b081908767b3df5524c7d4 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69add1c6941081909cef987ebe4b4d6c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.