Triple
T307910
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Sixth Extinction |
E6342
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Elizabeth Kolbert
Elizabeth Kolbert is an American journalist and author known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental writing on climate change and mass extinction, particularly in her book "The Sixth Extinction."
|
E39597
|
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: Elizabeth Kolbert | Statement: [The Sixth Extinction, author, Elizabeth Kolbert]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth Kolbert Context triple: [The Sixth Extinction, author, Elizabeth Kolbert]
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A.
Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben is an American environmentalist, author, and founder of the climate advocacy group 350.org, known for his influential work on climate change and environmental justice.
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B.
Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her critiques of corporate globalization and climate injustice in works such as "No Logo" and "This Changes Everything."
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C.
Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson was an American marine biologist and environmentalist whose groundbreaking book "Silent Spring" helped launch the modern environmental movement.
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D.
Christina Lamb
Christina Lamb is a British journalist and author best known for co-writing Malala Yousafzai’s memoir "I Am Malala" and for her award-winning foreign correspondence.
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E.
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily is an American ecologist and conservation biologist renowned for pioneering the concept of ecosystem services and integrating biodiversity conservation with economic and policy decision-making.
- 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: Elizabeth Kolbert Triple: [The Sixth Extinction, author, Elizabeth Kolbert]
Generated description
Elizabeth Kolbert is an American journalist and author known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental writing on climate change and mass extinction, particularly in her book "The Sixth Extinction."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth Kolbert Target entity description: Elizabeth Kolbert is an American journalist and author known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental writing on climate change and mass extinction, particularly in her book "The Sixth Extinction."
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A.
Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben is an American environmentalist, author, and founder of the climate advocacy group 350.org, known for his influential work on climate change and environmental justice.
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B.
Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her critiques of corporate globalization and climate injustice in works such as "No Logo" and "This Changes Everything."
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C.
Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson was an American marine biologist and environmentalist whose groundbreaking book "Silent Spring" helped launch the modern environmental movement.
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D.
Christina Lamb
Christina Lamb is a British journalist and author best known for co-writing Malala Yousafzai’s memoir "I Am Malala" and for her award-winning foreign correspondence.
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E.
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily is an American ecologist and conservation biologist renowned for pioneering the concept of ecosystem services and integrating biodiversity conservation with economic and policy decision-making.
- 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_69a2e79230508190b912ecb555aae17e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ea3289608190a36c20a47761c6e4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3b4744d188190a38831b251ca4901 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 3:37 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3b544d6b081908b11d83449f40e67 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 3:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3b5b7c9a48190afea4c39ab702fb9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 3:42 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.