Triple

T3994976
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Formicinae E87077 entity
Predicate containsTaxon P9413 FINISHED
Object Lasius
Lasius is a genus of small, often soil-dwelling ants commonly found in temperate regions, known for tending aphids for honeydew and forming large, populous colonies.
 E403625 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: Lasius | Statement: [Formicinae, containsTaxon, Lasius]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lasius
Context triple: [Formicinae, containsTaxon, Lasius]
  • A. Lasius niger
    Lasius niger is a common European black garden ant species known for forming large colonies and nesting in soil, lawns, and under stones.
  • B. Myrmica
    Myrmica is a genus of small, often reddish ants widely distributed across the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, known for their complex social behavior and diverse nesting habits.
  • C. Ropalidia
    Ropalidia is a genus of social paper wasps found primarily in the Old World tropics, known for their diverse nesting behaviors and complex colony organization.
  • D. Epipona
    Epipona is a genus of social paper wasps within the subfamily Polistinae, known from the Neotropical region.
  • E. Crematogaster
    Crematogaster is a large and diverse genus of arboreal ants commonly known as acrobat ants, noted for their distinctive heart-shaped gasters and widespread distribution.
  • 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: Lasius
Triple: [Formicinae, containsTaxon, Lasius]
Generated description
Lasius is a genus of small, often soil-dwelling ants commonly found in temperate regions, known for tending aphids for honeydew and forming large, populous colonies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lasius
Target entity description: Lasius is a genus of small, often soil-dwelling ants commonly found in temperate regions, known for tending aphids for honeydew and forming large, populous colonies.
  • A. Lasius niger
    Lasius niger is a common European black garden ant species known for forming large colonies and nesting in soil, lawns, and under stones.
  • B. Myrmica
    Myrmica is a genus of small, often reddish ants widely distributed across the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, known for their complex social behavior and diverse nesting habits.
  • C. Ropalidia
    Ropalidia is a genus of social paper wasps found primarily in the Old World tropics, known for their diverse nesting behaviors and complex colony organization.
  • D. Epipona
    Epipona is a genus of social paper wasps within the subfamily Polistinae, known from the Neotropical region.
  • E. Crematogaster
    Crematogaster is a large and diverse genus of arboreal ants commonly known as acrobat ants, noted for their distinctive heart-shaped gasters and widespread distribution.
  • 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_69aed94118148190975e6aa4e554cde9 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefa1f0fb88190aafbfdc98bc8652d completed March 9, 2026, 4:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5403c703081908070625ebfb6fb5f completed March 14, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b540ec36a4819082a9cbefc99bd683 completed March 14, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5416d182c81908b1ae43ed097d288 completed March 14, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.