Triple

T7748053
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Drinker Cope E175681 entity
Predicate notableFor P22 FINISHED
Object Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology
Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology is the hypothesis that animal lineages tend to evolve toward larger body sizes over geological time.
E686176 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: Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology | Statement: [Edward Drinker Cope, notableFor, Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology
Context triple: [Edward Drinker Cope, notableFor, Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology]
  • A. Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity
    "Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity" is a comprehensive scientific book that explores lizard biology to illuminate broader principles of ecology, evolution, and biodiversity.
  • B. The Major Features of Evolution
    The Major Features of Evolution is a foundational work in evolutionary biology that helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis by integrating genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
  • 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. The Major Transitions in Evolution
    The Major Transitions in Evolution is an influential 1995 book by John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry that analyzes how key evolutionary shifts—such as the origins of chromosomes, sex, multicellularity, and social groups—transformed the organization of life.
  • E. Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography
    Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography is an influential ecological theory proposing that biodiversity patterns and species abundances can be explained by assuming ecological equivalence among individuals regardless of species.
  • 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: Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology
Triple: [Edward Drinker Cope, notableFor, Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology]
Generated description
Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology is the hypothesis that animal lineages tend to evolve toward larger body sizes over geological time.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology
Target entity description: Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology is the hypothesis that animal lineages tend to evolve toward larger body sizes over geological time.
  • A. Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity
    "Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity" is a comprehensive scientific book that explores lizard biology to illuminate broader principles of ecology, evolution, and biodiversity.
  • B. The Major Features of Evolution
    The Major Features of Evolution is a foundational work in evolutionary biology that helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis by integrating genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
  • 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. The Major Transitions in Evolution
    The Major Transitions in Evolution is an influential 1995 book by John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry that analyzes how key evolutionary shifts—such as the origins of chromosomes, sex, multicellularity, and social groups—transformed the organization of life.
  • E. Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography
    Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography is an influential ecological theory proposing that biodiversity patterns and species abundances can be explained by assuming ecological equivalence among individuals regardless of species.
  • 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_69c69960b3588190a53aa590d31d9544 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c703affb6c8190adf4723dc1139edf completed March 27, 2026, 10:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8be50ac4881909b537f513bed2edd completed March 29, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8bf9e93bc8190a4764967c06de4af completed March 29, 2026, 5:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8c01bf3f08190a0071eff2c412e6e completed March 29, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m.