Triple

T4213751
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cucurbitaceae E93964 entity
Predicate containsTaxon P9413 FINISHED
Object Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium, commonly known as the squirting cucumber, is a Mediterranean plant species notable for its explosive fruit that forcibly ejects seeds when ripe.
E422201 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: Ecballium elaterium | Statement: [Cucurbitaceae, containsTaxon, Ecballium elaterium]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ecballium elaterium
Context triple: [Cucurbitaceae, containsTaxon, Ecballium elaterium]
  • A. Atropa
    Atropa is a small genus of highly poisonous flowering plants best known for deadly nightshade, historically used as both a medicine and a toxin.
  • B. Sarcomphalus
    Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
  • C. Phytolacca
    Phytolacca is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as pokeweeds, recognized for their often toxic berries and use in traditional medicine and dyes.
  • D. Lithraea caustica
    Lithraea caustica is a toxic, resinous tree or shrub native to central Chile, notorious for causing severe allergic skin reactions upon contact.
  • E. Helleborus
    Helleborus is a genus of early-flowering perennial plants, commonly known as hellebores, valued for their winter and spring blooms and often grown as ornamental garden flowers.
  • 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: Ecballium elaterium
Triple: [Cucurbitaceae, containsTaxon, Ecballium elaterium]
Generated description
Ecballium elaterium, commonly known as the squirting cucumber, is a Mediterranean plant species notable for its explosive fruit that forcibly ejects seeds when ripe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ecballium elaterium
Target entity description: Ecballium elaterium, commonly known as the squirting cucumber, is a Mediterranean plant species notable for its explosive fruit that forcibly ejects seeds when ripe.
  • A. Hyoscyamus
    Hyoscyamus is a small genus of toxic, psychoactive flowering plants commonly known as henbanes, historically used in medicine and witchcraft for their hallucinogenic and sedative properties.
  • B. Atropa
    Atropa is a small genus of highly poisonous flowering plants best known for deadly nightshade, historically used as both a medicine and a toxin.
  • C. Sarcomphalus
    Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
  • D. Phytolacca
    Phytolacca is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as pokeweeds, recognized for their often toxic berries and use in traditional medicine and dyes.
  • E. Lithraea caustica
    Lithraea caustica is a toxic, resinous tree or shrub native to central Chile, notorious for causing severe allergic skin reactions upon contact.
  • 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_69b3451743608190808f41d17ccf2650 completed March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34be700908190a8cf5e3a27dad5bf completed March 12, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b59634e52c81908cb967f124a96950 completed March 14, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5982450f08190a8b20faaec5bd617 completed March 14, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5989c95b88190a1a917f04c4cd2e5 completed March 14, 2026, 5:19 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:04 p.m.