Triple

T627884
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul R. Ehrlich E15858 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object "The Dominant Animal"
"The Dominant Animal" is a book by biologists Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich that examines how human evolution, behavior, and ecological impact have made our species the planet’s dominant—and dangerously disruptive—force.
E78714 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 Dominant Animal" | Statement: [Paul R. Ehrlich, notableWork, "The Dominant Animal"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "The Dominant Animal"
Context triple: [Paul R. Ehrlich, notableWork, "The Dominant Animal"]
  • A. The Soul of the Ape
    The Soul of the Ape is a pioneering early 20th-century work of animal psychology and ethology in which Eugène Marais explores the behavior and inner life of primates.
  • B. Noble Ape
    Noble Ape is a stand-up comedy special by American comedian Jim Gaffigan, featuring his trademark observational humor about everyday life, family, and food.
  • C. Elephant Lands
    Elephant Lands is a large, naturalistic elephant habitat and exhibit at the Oregon Zoo designed to support the physical and behavioral needs of Asian elephants.
  • D. The Burning Giraffe
    The Burning Giraffe is a surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts distorted human figures and a flaming giraffe against a dreamlike, desolate landscape, often interpreted as reflecting inner psychological conflict and pre-war anxiety.
  • E. Last Chance to See
    Last Chance to See is a non-fiction book and accompanying BBC radio series in which Douglas Adams documents his travels to observe rare and endangered species around the world with conservationist Mark Carwardine.
  • 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 Dominant Animal"
Triple: [Paul R. Ehrlich, notableWork, "The Dominant Animal"]
Generated description
"The Dominant Animal" is a book by biologists Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich that examines how human evolution, behavior, and ecological impact have made our species the planet’s dominant—and dangerously disruptive—force.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "The Dominant Animal"
Target entity description: "The Dominant Animal" is a book by biologists Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich that examines how human evolution, behavior, and ecological impact have made our species the planet’s dominant—and dangerously disruptive—force.
  • A. The Soul of the Ape
    The Soul of the Ape is a pioneering early 20th-century work of animal psychology and ethology in which Eugène Marais explores the behavior and inner life of primates.
  • B. Noble Ape
    Noble Ape is a stand-up comedy special by American comedian Jim Gaffigan, featuring his trademark observational humor about everyday life, family, and food.
  • C. Elephant Lands
    Elephant Lands is a large, naturalistic elephant habitat and exhibit at the Oregon Zoo designed to support the physical and behavioral needs of Asian elephants.
  • D. The Burning Giraffe
    The Burning Giraffe is a surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts distorted human figures and a flaming giraffe against a dreamlike, desolate landscape, often interpreted as reflecting inner psychological conflict and pre-war anxiety.
  • E. Last Chance to See
    Last Chance to See is a non-fiction book and accompanying BBC radio series in which Douglas Adams documents his travels to observe rare and endangered species around the world with conservationist Mark Carwardine.
  • 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_69a4935c131c8190a5378c6bf101e8cc completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49e59e2688190b3c18b17c5db1e2b completed March 1, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a56938be6481909a8eba01f5d856c1 completed March 2, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a569ec60a08190ad2f84dc20635621 completed March 2, 2026, 10:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a56a6d09cc8190959d8d2e7621041f completed March 2, 2026, 10:46 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.