Triple

T5613105
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Anthony Hallam E147405 entity
Predicate doctoralStudent P167 FINISHED
Object Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton is a British paleontologist renowned for his work on vertebrate evolution, mass extinctions, and the history of biodiversity.
E533983 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: Michael J. Benton | Statement: [Anthony Hallam, doctoralStudent, Michael J. Benton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael J. Benton
Context triple: [Anthony Hallam, doctoralStudent, Michael J. Benton]
  • A. Daniel J. Chure
    Daniel J. Chure is an American paleontologist known for his research on large Jurassic theropod dinosaurs and his long-time work at Dinosaur National Monument.
  • B. Steve Brusatte
    Steve Brusatte is an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist known for his research on dinosaurs and for popular science books such as "The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs."
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Stephen Lovejoy
    Stephen Lovejoy is a film editor known for his work on genre and B-movie productions such as the creature feature "Sharktopus."
  • 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: Michael J. Benton
Triple: [Anthony Hallam, doctoralStudent, Michael J. Benton]
Generated description
Michael J. Benton is a British paleontologist renowned for his work on vertebrate evolution, mass extinctions, and the history of biodiversity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael J. Benton
Target entity description: Michael J. Benton is a British paleontologist renowned for his work on vertebrate evolution, mass extinctions, and the history of biodiversity.
  • A. Daniel J. Chure
    Daniel J. Chure is an American paleontologist known for his research on large Jurassic theropod dinosaurs and his long-time work at Dinosaur National Monument.
  • B. Steve Brusatte
    Steve Brusatte is an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist known for his research on dinosaurs and for popular science books such as "The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs."
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Stephen Lovejoy
    Stephen Lovejoy is a film editor known for his work on genre and B-movie productions such as the creature feature "Sharktopus."
  • 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_69c00905d4588190bd967842bbcf2219 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c021226cf88190b70b4b51eb5b4144 completed March 22, 2026, 5:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0287b14708190bc246e982896ad27 completed March 22, 2026, 5:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c03f8c1a3081908f9d03a6c51d69f0 completed March 22, 2026, 7:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0404f0a3081908850794f9a5cea40 completed March 22, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:39 p.m.