Triple

T4542562
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject northern elephant seal E107569 entity
Predicate infraorder P8590 FINISHED
Object Pinnipedia
Pinnipedia is an infraorder of marine mammals that includes seals, sea lions, and walruses, all adapted to life in the water with streamlined bodies and flippers.
E451318 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: Pinnipedia | Statement: [northern elephant seal, infraorder, Pinnipedia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pinnipedia
Context triple: [northern elephant seal, infraorder, Pinnipedia]
  • A. Otariidae
    Otariidae is the family of eared seals, including sea lions and fur seals, characterized by external ear flaps and the ability to walk on land using their rotating hind flippers.
  • B. Arctocephalus
    Arctocephalus is a genus of eared seals commonly known as fur seals, found primarily in the Southern Hemisphere’s coastal and subantarctic waters.
  • C. Cetacea
    Cetacea is an order of fully aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, characterized by streamlined bodies, flippers, and adaptations for life in marine environments.
  • D. Ursidae
    Ursidae is the biological family of mammals that includes bears, such as brown bears, polar bears, and black bears, characterized by large bodies, strong limbs, and omnivorous diets.
  • E. Phocidae
    Phocidae is the family of earless or true seals, a group of fully aquatic, fin-footed marine mammals adapted for life in cold and temperate oceans worldwide.
  • 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: Pinnipedia
Triple: [northern elephant seal, infraorder, Pinnipedia]
Generated description
Pinnipedia is an infraorder of marine mammals that includes seals, sea lions, and walruses, all adapted to life in the water with streamlined bodies and flippers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pinnipedia
Target entity description: Pinnipedia is an infraorder of marine mammals that includes seals, sea lions, and walruses, all adapted to life in the water with streamlined bodies and flippers.
  • A. Otariidae
    Otariidae is the family of eared seals, including sea lions and fur seals, characterized by external ear flaps and the ability to walk on land using their rotating hind flippers.
  • B. Arctocephalus
    Arctocephalus is a genus of eared seals commonly known as fur seals, found primarily in the Southern Hemisphere’s coastal and subantarctic waters.
  • C. Cetacea
    Cetacea is an order of fully aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, characterized by streamlined bodies, flippers, and adaptations for life in marine environments.
  • D. Ursidae
    Ursidae is the biological family of mammals that includes bears, such as brown bears, polar bears, and black bears, characterized by large bodies, strong limbs, and omnivorous diets.
  • E. Phocidae
    Phocidae is the family of earless or true seals, a group of fully aquatic, fin-footed marine mammals adapted for life in cold and temperate oceans worldwide.
  • 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_69bd43f922788190b7edfa294e39b178 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd57d3be988190bf118c4a87415613 completed March 20, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdb926f2608190bdc6379e81358c38 completed March 20, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdbe0b6aa88190b6e99e4be1b27935 completed March 20, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdbe5eda748190b6d83d5f2c73cff5 completed March 20, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:04 p.m.