Triple
T21651903
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni) |
E534358
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasEponym |
P12247
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ceratotherium simum cottoni |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Ceratotherium simum cottoni | Statement: [British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni), hasEponym, Ceratotherium simum cottoni]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceratotherium simum cottoni Context triple: [British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni), hasEponym, Ceratotherium simum cottoni]
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A.
Ceratotherium simum cottoni
chosen
Ceratotherium simum cottoni is the critically endangered northern subspecies of the white rhinoceros, now functionally extinct in the wild with only a few individuals remaining under human protection.
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B.
Ceratotherium simum
Ceratotherium simum is the white rhinoceros, a large, mostly grass-eating African rhinoceros species known for its broad mouth and two prominent horns.
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C.
Ceratotherium
Ceratotherium is a genus of large African rhinoceroses best known for including the white rhinoceros, one of the largest land mammals.
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D.
Aepyceros melampus
Aepyceros melampus, commonly known as the impala, is a medium-sized African antelope renowned for its agility, leaping ability, and prominence in savanna ecosystems.
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E.
Kobus megaceros
Kobus megaceros is the Nile lechwe, a semi-aquatic antelope species native to the floodplains and swamps of South Sudan and Ethiopia.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0c466aec88190ba39c7543dbc8ba2 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef591594a08190bf0ddd0a0c0922ba |
completed | April 27, 2026, 12:39 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:36 p.m.