Triple
T21905623
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Kidston |
E540928
|
entity |
| Predicate | studied |
P778
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Rhynie Chert plants |
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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: Rhynie Chert plants | Statement: [Robert Kidston, studied, Rhynie Chert plants]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rhynie Chert plants Context triple: [Robert Kidston, studied, Rhynie Chert plants]
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A.
Rhynie Chert fossil locality
chosen
The Rhynie Chert fossil locality is a famous Early Devonian site in Scotland renowned for its exceptionally preserved early land plants, arthropods, and microorganisms that provide key insights into the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems.
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B.
Asteroxylon mackiei
Asteroxylon mackiei is an early Devonian vascular land plant known from exceptionally well-preserved fossils that provide key insights into the evolution of plant structure and terrestrialization.
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C.
Devonian fossil forests
Devonian fossil forests are some of the oldest known forest ecosystems on Earth, preserving early tree-like plants that reveal how terrestrial forests first evolved and transformed the planet’s environment.
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D.
Rhynia
Rhynia is an extinct genus of simple, leafless vascular plants from the Early Devonian period that represents one of the earliest well-preserved examples of land plant evolution.
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E.
Horneophyton lignieri
Horneophyton lignieri is an early Devonian land plant known from the Rhynie Chert, notable for its simple vascular structure and significance in understanding the evolution of terrestrial flora.
- 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_69e0c47b4e8c81908c8076eaa4c8e4f2 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f121d62a648190af7074251dc6a03a |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:35 p.m.