Triple

T289381
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject modern evolutionary synthesis E5955 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Ernst Mayr
Ernst Mayr was a pioneering 20th-century evolutionary biologist and systematist whose work on species concepts and population thinking helped shape modern evolutionary theory.
E38684 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: Ernst Mayr | Statement: [modern evolutionary synthesis, influencedBy, Ernst Mayr]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernst Mayr
Context triple: [modern evolutionary synthesis, influencedBy, Ernst Mayr]
  • A. Theodosius Dobzhansky
    Theodosius Dobzhansky was a pioneering 20th-century geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work integrating genetics with natural selection helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
  • B. J. B. S. Haldane
    J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
  • C. Sewall Wright
    Sewall Wright was an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose pioneering work on population genetics and genetic drift helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Julian Huxley
    Julian Huxley was a prominent British evolutionary biologist, humanist, and public intellectual who played a key role in popularizing modern evolutionary theory and promoting international scientific and cultural cooperation.
  • 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: Ernst Mayr
Triple: [modern evolutionary synthesis, influencedBy, Ernst Mayr]
Generated description
Ernst Mayr was a pioneering 20th-century evolutionary biologist and systematist whose work on species concepts and population thinking helped shape modern evolutionary theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernst Mayr
Target entity description: Ernst Mayr was a pioneering 20th-century evolutionary biologist and systematist whose work on species concepts and population thinking helped shape modern evolutionary theory.
  • A. Theodosius Dobzhansky
    Theodosius Dobzhansky was a pioneering 20th-century geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work integrating genetics with natural selection helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
  • B. J. B. S. Haldane
    J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
  • C. Sewall Wright
    Sewall Wright was an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose pioneering work on population genetics and genetic drift helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Julian Huxley
    Julian Huxley was a prominent British evolutionary biologist, humanist, and public intellectual who played a key role in popularizing modern evolutionary theory and promoting international scientific and cultural cooperation.
  • 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_69a25e4df5508190ab75115ac6b3964e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3ab9e277c81909b75bbeaa6c818a2 completed March 1, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3ac2debc88190b589d24b7614af41 completed March 1, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3ac7df11c8190a6a65d3a1be62f25 completed March 1, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.