Triple

T4657585
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elkhorn Slough E102445 entity
Predicate hasSpecies P965 FINISHED
Object snowy egret
The snowy egret is a small, graceful white heron known for its slender black bill, black legs, and striking yellow feet, commonly found in coastal wetlands and marshes across the Americas.
E457392 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: snowy egret | Statement: [Elkhorn Slough, hasSpecies, snowy egret]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: snowy egret
Context triple: [Elkhorn Slough, hasSpecies, snowy egret]
  • A. American white ibis
    The American white ibis is a wading bird native to the southeastern United States and parts of Central and South America, recognized by its white plumage, long down-curved red bill, and preference for wetlands and coastal habitats.
  • B. Kentish plover
    The Kentish plover is a small, pale shorebird of sandy coasts and salt flats, known for its quick, darting movements and widespread breeding across Eurasia and North Africa.
  • C. Eared grebe
    The eared grebe is a small, dark-plumaged waterbird with striking red eyes and golden ear tufts in breeding season, known for its elaborate courtship displays and reliance on saline lakes during migration.
  • D. sandhill crane
    The sandhill crane is a tall, long-legged North American crane species known for its bugling calls, elaborate courtship dances, and large migratory flocks that gather in wetlands and refuges.
  • E. Goliath heron
    The Goliath heron is the world’s largest heron species, a towering wading bird of African wetlands known for its massive size, chestnut plumage, and solitary hunting behavior.
  • 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: snowy egret
Triple: [Elkhorn Slough, hasSpecies, snowy egret]
Generated description
The snowy egret is a small, graceful white heron known for its slender black bill, black legs, and striking yellow feet, commonly found in coastal wetlands and marshes across the Americas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: snowy egret
Target entity description: The snowy egret is a small, graceful white heron known for its slender black bill, black legs, and striking yellow feet, commonly found in coastal wetlands and marshes across the Americas.
  • A. American white ibis
    The American white ibis is a wading bird native to the southeastern United States and parts of Central and South America, recognized by its white plumage, long down-curved red bill, and preference for wetlands and coastal habitats.
  • B. Kentish plover
    The Kentish plover is a small, pale shorebird of sandy coasts and salt flats, known for its quick, darting movements and widespread breeding across Eurasia and North Africa.
  • C. Eared grebe
    The eared grebe is a small, dark-plumaged waterbird with striking red eyes and golden ear tufts in breeding season, known for its elaborate courtship displays and reliance on saline lakes during migration.
  • D. sandhill crane
    The sandhill crane is a tall, long-legged North American crane species known for its bugling calls, elaborate courtship dances, and large migratory flocks that gather in wetlands and refuges.
  • E. Goliath heron
    The Goliath heron is the world’s largest heron species, a towering wading bird of African wetlands known for its massive size, chestnut plumage, and solitary hunting behavior.
  • 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_69bd43d823288190952279faa0d1d066 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd631a855c81909773737fd238a14d completed March 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfaf5a0988190b097ef71301aebbe completed March 21, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfc0964c881909e6b98a1c8ea747f completed March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfce1be788190ae3418df301e5136 completed March 21, 2026, 2:05 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:15 p.m.