Triple

T4021489
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sialia E91287 entity
Predicate firstDescribedBy P7386 FINISHED
Object William John Swainson
William John Swainson was a 19th-century English naturalist, ornithologist, and illustrator known for his influential taxonomic work and detailed zoological illustrations.
E407028 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: William John Swainson | Statement: [Sialia, firstDescribedBy, William John Swainson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William John Swainson
Context triple: [Sialia, firstDescribedBy, William John Swainson]
  • A. Edward Blyth
    Edward Blyth was a 19th-century English zoologist and ornithologist known for his pioneering work in animal classification and as one of the early contributors to evolutionary thought.
  • B. Thomas Horsfield
    Thomas Horsfield was a 19th-century American physician and naturalist known for his influential zoological and botanical work in Southeast Asia.
  • C. Philip Lutley Sclater
    Philip Lutley Sclater was a 19th-century English lawyer, zoologist, and ornithologist best known for his work on biogeography and the classification of the world's zoogeographical regions.
  • D. John Gould
    John Gould was a 19th-century English ornithologist and bird artist renowned for his influential illustrated works on avian species.
  • E. Henry Blyth
    Henry Blyth was a screenwriter known for his work on the film "The Early Bird."
  • 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: William John Swainson
Triple: [Sialia, firstDescribedBy, William John Swainson]
Generated description
William John Swainson was a 19th-century English naturalist, ornithologist, and illustrator known for his influential taxonomic work and detailed zoological illustrations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William John Swainson
Target entity description: William John Swainson was a 19th-century English naturalist, ornithologist, and illustrator known for his influential taxonomic work and detailed zoological illustrations.
  • A. Edward Blyth
    Edward Blyth was a 19th-century English zoologist and ornithologist known for his pioneering work in animal classification and as one of the early contributors to evolutionary thought.
  • B. Thomas Horsfield
    Thomas Horsfield was a 19th-century American physician and naturalist known for his influential zoological and botanical work in Southeast Asia.
  • C. Philip Lutley Sclater
    Philip Lutley Sclater was a 19th-century English lawyer, zoologist, and ornithologist best known for his work on biogeography and the classification of the world's zoogeographical regions.
  • D. John Gould
    John Gould was a 19th-century English ornithologist and bird artist renowned for his influential illustrated works on avian species.
  • E. Henry Blyth
    Henry Blyth was a screenwriter known for his work on the film "The Early Bird."
  • 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_69aed9618b04819081750d979d2af098 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefacb4c208190b8dd595a534850b2 completed March 9, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54c7fd474819097766194ca8d165d completed March 14, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54dd51ef48190974bb190d32016bc completed March 14, 2026, noon
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54e498320819088fea96b83564c69 completed March 14, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:35 p.m.