Triple

T289383
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject modern evolutionary synthesis E5955 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologist whose work on fossil mammals and evolutionary theory helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis.
E39663 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: George Gaylord Simpson | Statement: [modern evolutionary synthesis, influencedBy, George Gaylord Simpson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Gaylord Simpson
Context triple: [modern evolutionary synthesis, influencedBy, George Gaylord Simpson]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • 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. Kenneth Hayes Miller
    Kenneth Hayes Miller was an influential American painter and teacher associated with the Ashcan School, known for his urban genre scenes and for mentoring many prominent 20th-century artists.
  • 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: George Gaylord Simpson
Triple: [modern evolutionary synthesis, influencedBy, George Gaylord Simpson]
Generated description
George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologist whose work on fossil mammals and evolutionary theory helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Gaylord Simpson
Target entity description: George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologist whose work on fossil mammals and evolutionary theory helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • 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. Kenneth Hayes Miller
    Kenneth Hayes Miller was an influential American painter and teacher associated with the Ashcan School, known for his urban genre scenes and for mentoring many prominent 20th-century artists.
  • 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_69a3b470104481909a88b9ceba6e6ddb completed March 1, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3b52d7d208190b03eac35baed1294 completed March 1, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3b5c1360c819093622754b6f1d2d8 completed March 1, 2026, 3:42 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.