Triple
T617741
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Enlightenment science |
E14442
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasKeyFigure |
P810
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was an influential 18th-century French naturalist and writer whose multi-volume "Histoire naturelle" helped shape Enlightenment thought on biology, geology, and the history of the Earth.
|
E79280
|
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: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon | Statement: [Enlightenment science, hasKeyFigure, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Context triple: [Enlightenment science, hasKeyFigure, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]
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A.
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was an 18th-century French mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer best known for formulating the principle of least action and helping introduce Newtonian physics to continental Europe.
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B.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was a pioneering French naturalist best known for proposing an early theory of evolution based on the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
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C.
Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier was a pioneering French naturalist and zoologist regarded as the founder of comparative anatomy and paleontology, known for establishing extinction as a scientific fact.
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D.
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon Laplace was a French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer whose work laid the foundations of celestial mechanics, probability theory, and statistics.
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E.
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille was a prominent French entomologist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his foundational work in insect classification and 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: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Triple: [Enlightenment science, hasKeyFigure, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]
Generated description
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was an influential 18th-century French naturalist and writer whose multi-volume "Histoire naturelle" helped shape Enlightenment thought on biology, geology, and the history of the Earth.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Target entity description: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was an influential 18th-century French naturalist and writer whose multi-volume "Histoire naturelle" helped shape Enlightenment thought on biology, geology, and the history of the Earth.
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A.
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was an 18th-century French mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer best known for formulating the principle of least action and helping introduce Newtonian physics to continental Europe.
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B.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was a pioneering French naturalist best known for proposing an early theory of evolution based on the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
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C.
Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier was a pioneering French naturalist and zoologist regarded as the founder of comparative anatomy and paleontology, known for establishing extinction as a scientific fact.
-
D.
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon Laplace was a French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer whose work laid the foundations of celestial mechanics, probability theory, and statistics.
-
E.
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille was a prominent French entomologist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his foundational work in insect classification and 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_69a4934b17c881909ace8270e8ddd202 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49e2418c881908552d2c4a5006e97 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a56c4973c88190a7d234f480ecade5 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 10:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a56cdb8bd08190ac98f36a134d78d5 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 10:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a56d8713a88190ba3ad6585e64db23 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 10:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.