Triple
T3716294
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lake Turkana |
E81538
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWithDiscovery |
P2830
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Turkana Boy fossil
The Turkana Boy fossil is an exceptionally well-preserved nearly complete skeleton of a Homo erectus (or Homo ergaster) youth from about 1.6 million years ago that has provided crucial insights into early human growth and anatomy.
|
E382746
|
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: Turkana Boy fossil | Statement: [Lake Turkana, associatedWithDiscovery, Turkana Boy fossil]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Turkana Boy fossil Context triple: [Lake Turkana, associatedWithDiscovery, Turkana Boy fossil]
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A.
Naledi
Naledi is a residential township neighborhood within Soweto, a large urban area southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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B.
Hall of Human Origins
The Hall of Human Origins is a major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History that explores the science and story of human evolution through fossils, artifacts, and interactive displays.
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C.
Dmanisi
Dmanisi is an archaeological site and town in southern Georgia renowned for yielding some of the earliest known hominin fossils outside Africa.
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D.
Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast)
Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast) is a replica of the famous 3.2-million-year-old hominin fossil that provides key evidence for early human bipedalism and evolution.
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E.
Tendaguru Formation
The Tendaguru Formation is a renowned fossil-rich sedimentary deposit in Tanzania that has yielded some of the most important Late Jurassic dinosaur and marine reptile remains in Africa.
- 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: Turkana Boy fossil Triple: [Lake Turkana, associatedWithDiscovery, Turkana Boy fossil]
Generated description
The Turkana Boy fossil is an exceptionally well-preserved nearly complete skeleton of a Homo erectus (or Homo ergaster) youth from about 1.6 million years ago that has provided crucial insights into early human growth and anatomy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Turkana Boy fossil Target entity description: The Turkana Boy fossil is an exceptionally well-preserved nearly complete skeleton of a Homo erectus (or Homo ergaster) youth from about 1.6 million years ago that has provided crucial insights into early human growth and anatomy.
-
A.
Naledi
Naledi is a residential township neighborhood within Soweto, a large urban area southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.
-
B.
Hall of Human Origins
The Hall of Human Origins is a major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History that explores the science and story of human evolution through fossils, artifacts, and interactive displays.
-
C.
Dmanisi
Dmanisi is an archaeological site and town in southern Georgia renowned for yielding some of the earliest known hominin fossils outside Africa.
-
D.
Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast)
Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast) is a replica of the famous 3.2-million-year-old hominin fossil that provides key evidence for early human bipedalism and evolution.
-
E.
Tendaguru Formation
The Tendaguru Formation is a renowned fossil-rich sedimentary deposit in Tanzania that has yielded some of the most important Late Jurassic dinosaur and marine reptile remains in Africa.
- 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_69ad8b1a81588190b3f27a5483bb610e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc9cf77dc819098979094172d82d1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4ce0f690c819091d9caf9271f9bbd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4cf6a84fc8190b07fbc31621bd871 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4d32caa7c81908332ac23bd4d9571 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:33 p.m.