Triple

T783062
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Susan Blackmore E16539 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and prominent science writer best known for popularizing gene-centered evolution and outspoken advocacy of atheism and secularism.
 E93005 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: Richard Dawkins | Statement: [Susan Blackmore, influencedBy, Richard Dawkins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Dawkins
Context triple: [Susan Blackmore, influencedBy, Richard Dawkins]
  • A. Ian Darwin
    Ian Darwin is a software developer and author best known for his contributions to Unix, Java, and open source programming resources.
  • B. Michael Shermer
    Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, and founder of *Skeptic* magazine, known for promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking about paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
  • C. Michael Darwin
    Michael Darwin is an American writer and researcher best known for his influential work and advocacy in the field of cryonics.
  • D. J. B. S. Haldane
    J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
  • E. Charles Darwin
    Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.
  • 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: Richard Dawkins
Triple: [Susan Blackmore, influencedBy, Richard Dawkins]
Generated description
Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and prominent science writer best known for popularizing gene-centered evolution and outspoken advocacy of atheism and secularism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Dawkins
Target entity description: Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and prominent science writer best known for popularizing gene-centered evolution and outspoken advocacy of atheism and secularism.
  • A. Ian Darwin
    Ian Darwin is a software developer and author best known for his contributions to Unix, Java, and open source programming resources.
  • B. Michael Shermer
    Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, and founder of *Skeptic* magazine, known for promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking about paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
  • C. Michael Darwin
    Michael Darwin is an American writer and researcher best known for his influential work and advocacy in the field of cryonics.
  • D. J. B. S. Haldane
    J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
  • E. Charles Darwin
    Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.
  • 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_69a4936ad1fc81908f190208059ccf78 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a7686d0881908c2a4395059be02c completed March 1, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a6733c2e608190962440d6ef637784 completed March 3, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a673ccc2308190a887ada146290de8 completed March 3, 2026, 5:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a6742d7ba881909385cbc51a2ed7bd completed March 3, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.