Triple

T289327
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject On the Origin of Species E5954 entity
Predicate notableChapter P5600 FINISHED
Object On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
"On the Imperfection of the Geological Record" is a chapter in Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species* that addresses why the fossil record is incomplete and how this affects evidence for evolutionary change.
E37494 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: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record | Statement: [On the Origin of Species, notableChapter, On the Imperfection of the Geological Record]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
Context triple: [On the Origin of Species, notableChapter, On the Imperfection of the Geological Record]
  • A. The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man
    The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man is an 1863 scientific work by Charles Lyell that marshals geological and fossil evidence to argue for the great age of humanity and to support evolutionary ideas.
  • B. Principles of Geology
    Principles of Geology is Charles Lyell’s landmark 19th-century work that popularized uniformitarianism and fundamentally shaped modern geological science and Charles Darwin’s thinking on Earth’s history.
  • C. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles
    Recherches sur les poissons fossiles is a foundational 19th-century multi-volume work on fossil fishes that helped establish modern paleontology and comparative ichthyology.
  • D. The Elements of Geology
    The Elements of Geology is a foundational 19th-century textbook by Charles Lyell that helped establish modern geological science and popularize uniformitarian principles.
  • E. Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species
    Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species is a scientific book by Lynn Margulis that advances the idea that symbiosis and the merging of genomes are central drivers of evolutionary innovation and the formation of new species.
  • 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: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
Triple: [On the Origin of Species, notableChapter, On the Imperfection of the Geological Record]
Generated description
"On the Imperfection of the Geological Record" is a chapter in Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species* that addresses why the fossil record is incomplete and how this affects evidence for evolutionary change.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
Target entity description: "On the Imperfection of the Geological Record" is a chapter in Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species* that addresses why the fossil record is incomplete and how this affects evidence for evolutionary change.
  • A. The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man
    The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man is an 1863 scientific work by Charles Lyell that marshals geological and fossil evidence to argue for the great age of humanity and to support evolutionary ideas.
  • B. Principles of Geology
    Principles of Geology is Charles Lyell’s landmark 19th-century work that popularized uniformitarianism and fundamentally shaped modern geological science and Charles Darwin’s thinking on Earth’s history.
  • C. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles
    Recherches sur les poissons fossiles is a foundational 19th-century multi-volume work on fossil fishes that helped establish modern paleontology and comparative ichthyology.
  • D. The Elements of Geology
    The Elements of Geology is a foundational 19th-century textbook by Charles Lyell that helped establish modern geological science and popularize uniformitarian principles.
  • E. Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species
    Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species is a scientific book by Lynn Margulis that advances the idea that symbiosis and the merging of genomes are central drivers of evolutionary innovation and the formation of new species.
  • 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_69a25946a7ac8190a78871c210213272 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a260d21e5881909f3baba8b8dfff92 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3a33a38b08190951aa413588c59e1 completed March 1, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3a397ebc881908d25b1b0e848bbfc completed March 1, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3a40e76208190a02cfabb45d7110e completed March 1, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.