Triple
T843236
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | G. Evelyn Hutchinson |
E18220
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert MacArthur |
E1638
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Robert MacArthur | Statement: [G. Evelyn Hutchinson, influenced, Robert MacArthur]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert MacArthur Context triple: [G. Evelyn Hutchinson, influenced, Robert MacArthur]
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A.
Robert H. MacArthur
chosen
Robert H. MacArthur was a pioneering American ecologist best known for his foundational work in community ecology and the theory of island biogeography.
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B.
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
G. Evelyn Hutchinson was a pioneering 20th-century ecologist often called the "father of modern ecology" for his influential work on ecological niches, limnology, and the theoretical foundations of population and community ecology.
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C.
Stephen Hubbell
Stephen Hubbell is an American ecologist best known for developing the Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, which offers a novel explanation for species diversity patterns in ecological communities.
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D.
Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
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E.
Victor E. Shelford
Victor E. Shelford was an American ecologist and pioneer in animal ecology who helped establish ecology as a scientific discipline in the United States.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4938b04208190b82e1df6b572c548 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4abe8a0bc81909b54af465e67be1f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7a3bb2fa08190b1e8f26ceb04b08c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 3:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.