Triple

T81810
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lynn Margulis E1643 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution is a popular science book by Lynn Margulis that explores the central role of microbes in the evolution and functioning of life on Earth.
E7143 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: Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution | Statement: [Lynn Margulis, notableWork, Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
Context triple: [Lynn Margulis, notableWork, Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution]
  • A. Symbiosis in Cell Evolution
    Symbiosis in Cell Evolution is a landmark scientific book by Lynn Margulis that argues complex eukaryotic cells arose through symbiotic mergers of simpler organisms, helping establish the endosymbiotic theory in evolutionary biology.
  • B. The Diversity of Life
    The Diversity of Life is a landmark book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the richness of Earth’s species, the processes that generate biodiversity, and the threats posed by human activity.
  • C. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
    Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
  • D. What Is Life?
    *What Is Life?* is a book by biologist Lynn Margulis that explores the nature of living systems through the lens of evolution, symbiosis, and Earth’s biosphere.
  • E. Origin of Eukaryotic Cells
    Origin of Eukaryotic Cells is a landmark scientific book by Lynn Margulis that advanced the endosymbiotic theory explaining how complex eukaryotic cells evolved from symbiotic relationships between simpler prokaryotic organisms.
  • 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: Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
Triple: [Lynn Margulis, notableWork, Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution]
Generated description
Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution is a popular science book by Lynn Margulis that explores the central role of microbes in the evolution and functioning of life on Earth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
Target entity description: Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution is a popular science book by Lynn Margulis that explores the central role of microbes in the evolution and functioning of life on Earth.
  • A. Symbiosis in Cell Evolution
    Symbiosis in Cell Evolution is a landmark scientific book by Lynn Margulis that argues complex eukaryotic cells arose through symbiotic mergers of simpler organisms, helping establish the endosymbiotic theory in evolutionary biology.
  • B. The Diversity of Life
    The Diversity of Life is a landmark book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the richness of Earth’s species, the processes that generate biodiversity, and the threats posed by human activity.
  • C. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
    Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
  • D. What Is Life?
    *What Is Life?* is a book by biologist Lynn Margulis that explores the nature of living systems through the lens of evolution, symbiosis, and Earth’s biosphere.
  • E. Origin of Eukaryotic Cells
    Origin of Eukaryotic Cells is a landmark scientific book by Lynn Margulis that advanced the endosymbiotic theory explaining how complex eukaryotic cells evolved from symbiotic relationships between simpler prokaryotic organisms.
  • 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_69a24c8150408190910a693eb51c1f71 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24f367b208190a69f5b76d6ae0496 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a25abdf36c819087c4be57bd8ce8c5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a25c02d05c819096ee8add17b60d87 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a25c8a34e88190bb6b2eae14f773a7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.