Triple

T23124402
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject western hemlock E576987 entity
Predicate binomialName P569 FINISHED
Object Tsuga heterophylla
Tsuga heterophylla is a large, shade-tolerant coniferous tree native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, commonly found in coastal temperate rainforests and valued for its timber.
E24536 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: Tsuga heterophylla | Statement: [western hemlock, binomialName, Tsuga heterophylla]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tsuga heterophylla
Context triple: [western hemlock, binomialName, Tsuga heterophylla]
  • A. Tsuga
    Tsuga is a genus of coniferous trees commonly known as hemlocks, native to North America and Asia and valued for their shade, ornamental use, and ecological importance in cool, moist forests.
  • B. Pseudotsuga
    Pseudotsuga is a genus of coniferous trees in the pine family commonly known as Douglas-firs, valued for their timber and widespread use in forestry.
  • C. Engelmann spruce
    Engelmann spruce is a high-elevation North American coniferous tree species known for forming dense subalpine forests in the Rocky Mountains and other western mountain ranges.
  • D. Abies concolor
    Abies concolor, commonly known as the white fir, is a long-lived coniferous tree native to western North America, valued for its tall, straight form and adaptability to a range of montane forest habitats.
  • E. Picea engelmannii
    Picea engelmannii is a species of spruce tree native to the high-elevation forests of western North America, valued for its timber and ecological importance in subalpine ecosystems.
  • 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: Tsuga heterophylla
Triple: [western hemlock, binomialName, Tsuga heterophylla]
Generated description
Tsuga heterophylla is a large, shade-tolerant coniferous tree native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, commonly found in coastal temperate rainforests and valued for its timber.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tsuga heterophylla
Target entity description: Tsuga heterophylla is a large, shade-tolerant coniferous tree native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, commonly found in coastal temperate rainforests and valued for its timber.
  • A. Tsuga chosen
    Tsuga is a genus of coniferous trees commonly known as hemlocks, native to North America and Asia and valued for their shade, ornamental use, and ecological importance in cool, moist forests.
  • B. Pseudotsuga
    Pseudotsuga is a genus of coniferous trees in the pine family commonly known as Douglas-firs, valued for their timber and widespread use in forestry.
  • C. Engelmann spruce
    Engelmann spruce is a high-elevation North American coniferous tree species known for forming dense subalpine forests in the Rocky Mountains and other western mountain ranges.
  • D. Abies concolor
    Abies concolor, commonly known as the white fir, is a long-lived coniferous tree native to western North America, valued for its tall, straight form and adaptability to a range of montane forest habitats.
  • E. Picea engelmannii
    Picea engelmannii is a species of spruce tree native to the high-elevation forests of western North America, valued for its timber and ecological importance in subalpine ecosystems.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e245f6c2e881909a228fdcfeb7c7d3 completed April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18e5299c08190a578102cf2ff7080 completed April 29, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c308583d481908c7a750fd7fba044 completed May 19, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c378c36cc8190b4470dceb62f99ad completed May 19, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c387daf6481909cd5f3cc19636575 completed May 19, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:59 p.m.