Triple
T5034735
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal |
E113394
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alfred Sherwood Romer
Alfred Sherwood Romer was an influential American paleontologist and comparative anatomist renowned for his work on vertebrate evolution and the transition of life from water to land.
|
E489539
|
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: Alfred Sherwood Romer | Statement: [Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal, notableRecipient, Alfred Sherwood Romer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Sherwood Romer Context triple: [Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal, notableRecipient, Alfred Sherwood Romer]
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A.
George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologist whose work on fossil mammals and evolutionary theory helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis.
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B.
Niles Eldredge
Niles Eldredge is an American paleontologist best known for co-developing the theory of punctuated equilibrium, which proposes that species evolution is characterized by long periods of stability interrupted by brief episodes of rapid change.
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C.
Ernest S. Marsh
Ernest S. Marsh is a historic steam locomotive that operates as one of the primary trains on the Disneyland Railroad at Disneyland in California.
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D.
Geoffrey Simpson
Geoffrey Simpson is an Australian cinematographer known for his work on feature films including the 1994 adaptation of "Little Women."
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E.
R. H. Whittaker
R. H. Whittaker was an American ecologist best known for proposing the five-kingdom classification system of life, which significantly reshaped modern biological taxonomy.
- 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: Alfred Sherwood Romer Triple: [Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal, notableRecipient, Alfred Sherwood Romer]
Generated description
Alfred Sherwood Romer was an influential American paleontologist and comparative anatomist renowned for his work on vertebrate evolution and the transition of life from water to land.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Sherwood Romer Target entity description: Alfred Sherwood Romer was an influential American paleontologist and comparative anatomist renowned for his work on vertebrate evolution and the transition of life from water to land.
-
A.
George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologist whose work on fossil mammals and evolutionary theory helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis.
-
B.
Niles Eldredge
Niles Eldredge is an American paleontologist best known for co-developing the theory of punctuated equilibrium, which proposes that species evolution is characterized by long periods of stability interrupted by brief episodes of rapid change.
-
C.
Ernest S. Marsh
Ernest S. Marsh is a historic steam locomotive that operates as one of the primary trains on the Disneyland Railroad at Disneyland in California.
-
D.
Geoffrey Simpson
Geoffrey Simpson is an Australian cinematographer known for his work on feature films including the 1994 adaptation of "Little Women."
-
E.
R. H. Whittaker
R. H. Whittaker was an American ecologist best known for proposing the five-kingdom classification system of life, which significantly reshaped modern biological taxonomy.
- 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_69bd44384298819089c49e7c330ec7b8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd73b8646c8190b3cc20193e4639ee |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bea477efec8190a84a0186f5517a43 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bea53be0f481908ab9f82dabf4a873 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bea5a018708190b8fe9cc5c9a85c4c |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:36 p.m.