Triple

T450846
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lamarckism E7124 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was a pioneering French naturalist best known for proposing an early theory of evolution based on the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
E56639 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: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck | Statement: [Lamarckism, namedAfter, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Context triple: [Lamarckism, namedAfter, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]
  • A. Georges Cuvier
    Georges Cuvier was a pioneering French naturalist and zoologist regarded as the founder of comparative anatomy and paleontology, known for establishing extinction as a scientific fact.
  • B. Ernst Haeckel
    Ernst Haeckel was a German biologist, naturalist, and philosopher known for his influential work in evolutionary theory, detailed biological illustrations, and the popularization of Darwin’s ideas in continental Europe.
  • C. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
    Augustin Pyramus de Candolle was a prominent 19th-century Swiss botanist known for pioneering work in plant taxonomy and for developing an influential natural system of plant classification.
  • D. Alexander von Humboldt
    Alexander von Humboldt was a pioneering 18th–19th century Prussian naturalist and explorer whose integrative studies of nature helped lay the foundations of modern biogeography and deeply shaped later scientists such as Charles Darwin.
  • E. Louis Agassiz
    Louis Agassiz was a 19th-century Swiss-American naturalist and geologist known for his pioneering work on glaciation and influential but controversial views on biology and race.
  • 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: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Triple: [Lamarckism, namedAfter, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]
Generated description
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was a pioneering French naturalist best known for proposing an early theory of evolution based on the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Target entity description: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was a pioneering French naturalist best known for proposing an early theory of evolution based on the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
  • A. Georges Cuvier
    Georges Cuvier was a pioneering French naturalist and zoologist regarded as the founder of comparative anatomy and paleontology, known for establishing extinction as a scientific fact.
  • B. Ernst Haeckel
    Ernst Haeckel was a German biologist, naturalist, and philosopher known for his influential work in evolutionary theory, detailed biological illustrations, and the popularization of Darwin’s ideas in continental Europe.
  • C. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
    Augustin Pyramus de Candolle was a prominent 19th-century Swiss botanist known for pioneering work in plant taxonomy and for developing an influential natural system of plant classification.
  • D. Alexander von Humboldt
    Alexander von Humboldt was a pioneering 18th–19th century Prussian naturalist and explorer whose integrative studies of nature helped lay the foundations of modern biogeography and deeply shaped later scientists such as Charles Darwin.
  • E. Louis Agassiz
    Louis Agassiz was a 19th-century Swiss-American naturalist and geologist known for his pioneering work on glaciation and influential but controversial views on biology and race.
  • 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_69a2e7e4676c81909ea0dbdecac0687c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ef835ae881908884dcc3a46af951 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a44801b3f88190b8bd4b4739c3e783 completed March 1, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a448c647a48190bd1212b96992b7c6 completed March 1, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4497c4e8c8190b6cfe8ac2f3a8335 completed March 1, 2026, 2:13 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.