Triple

T482383
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Erasmus Darwin E9197 entity
Predicate describedBySource P519 FINISHED
Object The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin is a biographical collection that interweaves Charles Darwin’s personal correspondence with narrative accounts to illuminate his life, character, and development of his scientific ideas.
E59976 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: The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin | Statement: [William Erasmus Darwin, describedBySource, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
Context triple: [William Erasmus Darwin, describedBySource, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin]
  • A. Darwin manuscripts
    The Darwin manuscripts are original handwritten notes, drafts, and correspondence by Charles Darwin that document the development of his scientific ideas and theories.
  • B. On the Origin of Species
    On the Origin of Species is Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking 1859 scientific work that introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection and transformed modern biology.
  • C. Charles Darwin's later scientific works
    Charles Darwin's later scientific works comprise a series of experimental and theoretical studies that extended his ideas on evolution into areas such as plant physiology, animal behavior, and human emotions.
  • D. Darwin’s sandwalk
    Darwin’s sandwalk is a tree-lined gravel path near Charles Darwin’s home at Down House in Kent, where he regularly walked while thinking and developing his scientific ideas.
  • E. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
    The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is Charles Darwin’s 1871 book that applies evolutionary theory to human origins and develops his influential theory of sexual selection.
  • 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: The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
Triple: [William Erasmus Darwin, describedBySource, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin]
Generated description
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin is a biographical collection that interweaves Charles Darwin’s personal correspondence with narrative accounts to illuminate his life, character, and development of his scientific ideas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
Target entity description: The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin is a biographical collection that interweaves Charles Darwin’s personal correspondence with narrative accounts to illuminate his life, character, and development of his scientific ideas.
  • A. Darwin manuscripts
    The Darwin manuscripts are original handwritten notes, drafts, and correspondence by Charles Darwin that document the development of his scientific ideas and theories.
  • B. On the Origin of Species
    On the Origin of Species is Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking 1859 scientific work that introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection and transformed modern biology.
  • C. Charles Darwin's later scientific works
    Charles Darwin's later scientific works comprise a series of experimental and theoretical studies that extended his ideas on evolution into areas such as plant physiology, animal behavior, and human emotions.
  • D. Darwin’s sandwalk
    Darwin’s sandwalk is a tree-lined gravel path near Charles Darwin’s home at Down House in Kent, where he regularly walked while thinking and developing his scientific ideas.
  • E. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
    The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is Charles Darwin’s 1871 book that applies evolutionary theory to human origins and develops his influential theory of sexual selection.
  • 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_69a2e7ff81708190b0507a24a997232c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f05a7f6c819082b4a5a3e69468a6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a46c60a02081908bbb7b4ee12903a6 completed March 1, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a46cc070f48190a58b65b67efa25de completed March 1, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a46d2002d8819086691b73f8fbaae2 completed March 1, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.