Triple

T7581674
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Neanderthal extinction E179501 entity
Predicate relatedConcept P37 FINISHED
Object multiregional evolution debate
The multiregional evolution debate is a long-standing controversy in paleoanthropology over whether modern humans evolved regionally from archaic populations like Neanderthals or arose recently in Africa and then dispersed, replacing other hominins.
E675176 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: multiregional evolution debate | Statement: [Neanderthal extinction, relatedConcept, multiregional evolution debate]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: multiregional evolution debate
Context triple: [Neanderthal extinction, relatedConcept, multiregional evolution debate]
  • A. Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species
    Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species is a foundational scientific book that synthesizes genetic, geographic, and evolutionary data to explain how species originate and diversify across space and time.
  • B. Genetics of the Evolutionary Process
    Genetics of the Evolutionary Process is a seminal work in evolutionary biology that synthesizes genetic principles with natural selection to explain how evolutionary change occurs within and between populations.
  • C. The Causes of Evolution
    The Causes of Evolution is a foundational 1932 book by geneticist J. B. S. Haldane that helped establish the modern synthesis by mathematically integrating Mendelian genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
  • D. Beringian standstill hypothesis
    The Beringian standstill hypothesis proposes that the ancestors of Indigenous peoples of the Americas spent a prolonged period isolated in Beringia before dispersing into the rest of the continent.
  • E. modern evolutionary synthesis
    Modern evolutionary synthesis is the 20th-century unification of Darwin’s theory of natural selection with Mendelian genetics, forming the foundational framework of modern evolutionary biology.
  • 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: multiregional evolution debate
Triple: [Neanderthal extinction, relatedConcept, multiregional evolution debate]
Generated description
The multiregional evolution debate is a long-standing controversy in paleoanthropology over whether modern humans evolved regionally from archaic populations like Neanderthals or arose recently in Africa and then dispersed, replacing other hominins.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: multiregional evolution debate
Target entity description: The multiregional evolution debate is a long-standing controversy in paleoanthropology over whether modern humans evolved regionally from archaic populations like Neanderthals or arose recently in Africa and then dispersed, replacing other hominins.
  • A. Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species
    Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species is a foundational scientific book that synthesizes genetic, geographic, and evolutionary data to explain how species originate and diversify across space and time.
  • B. Genetics of the Evolutionary Process
    Genetics of the Evolutionary Process is a seminal work in evolutionary biology that synthesizes genetic principles with natural selection to explain how evolutionary change occurs within and between populations.
  • C. The Causes of Evolution
    The Causes of Evolution is a foundational 1932 book by geneticist J. B. S. Haldane that helped establish the modern synthesis by mathematically integrating Mendelian genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
  • D. Beringian standstill hypothesis
    The Beringian standstill hypothesis proposes that the ancestors of Indigenous peoples of the Americas spent a prolonged period isolated in Beringia before dispersing into the rest of the continent.
  • E. modern evolutionary synthesis
    Modern evolutionary synthesis is the 20th-century unification of Darwin’s theory of natural selection with Mendelian genetics, forming the foundational framework of modern evolutionary biology.
  • 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_69c69f327db881909a21ae3b156f8ded completed March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f978341081909e009c410ffc5039 completed March 27, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8617b8934819094f596e6a037e468 completed March 28, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c862677e008190928ac5b4a47906fc completed March 28, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8630fe8608190afc7b67d9a80240b completed March 28, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:52 p.m.