Triple

T8519740
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norway rat E201664 entity
Predicate firstDescribedBy P7386 FINISHED
Object John Berkenhout
John Berkenhout was an 18th-century English physician and naturalist known for his taxonomic work, including the early scientific description of the Norway rat.
E739696 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: John Berkenhout | Statement: [Norway rat, firstDescribedBy, John Berkenhout]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Berkenhout
Context triple: [Norway rat, firstDescribedBy, John Berkenhout]
  • A. Carolus Clusius
    Carolus Clusius was a pioneering 16th-century Flemish botanist whose work in plant classification and the introduction of new species, including tulips, greatly advanced European horticulture and botanical science.
  • B. Christian Hendrik Persoon
    Christian Hendrik Persoon was a pioneering mycologist whose early systematic work on fungi laid the foundation for modern fungal taxonomy.
  • C. Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt
    Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt was a Dutch botanist and naturalist of the early 19th century who played a key role in developing botanical research and gardens in the Dutch East Indies.
  • D. Hieronymus Meyer
    Hieronymus Meyer was a mountaineer known for being among the first to successfully climb the Swiss peak Jungfrau.
  • E. Johannes Heinsius
    Johannes Heinsius was a notable historical figure bearing the surname Heinsius, likely recognized for contributions in scholarly, political, or cultural fields.
  • 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: John Berkenhout
Triple: [Norway rat, firstDescribedBy, John Berkenhout]
Generated description
John Berkenhout was an 18th-century English physician and naturalist known for his taxonomic work, including the early scientific description of the Norway rat.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Berkenhout
Target entity description: John Berkenhout was an 18th-century English physician and naturalist known for his taxonomic work, including the early scientific description of the Norway rat.
  • A. Carolus Clusius
    Carolus Clusius was a pioneering 16th-century Flemish botanist whose work in plant classification and the introduction of new species, including tulips, greatly advanced European horticulture and botanical science.
  • B. Christian Hendrik Persoon
    Christian Hendrik Persoon was a pioneering mycologist whose early systematic work on fungi laid the foundation for modern fungal taxonomy.
  • C. Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt
    Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt was a Dutch botanist and naturalist of the early 19th century who played a key role in developing botanical research and gardens in the Dutch East Indies.
  • D. Hieronymus Meyer
    Hieronymus Meyer was a mountaineer known for being among the first to successfully climb the Swiss peak Jungfrau.
  • E. Johannes Heinsius
    Johannes Heinsius was a notable historical figure bearing the surname Heinsius, likely recognized for contributions in scholarly, political, or cultural fields.
  • 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_69ca8321bb44819081b74df0b710276d completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe627de908190b463da0f26da4ffb completed March 31, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce4e76dcd08190866fde75cd0ac389 completed April 2, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce4ffc30e08190b71e941d63d56015 completed April 2, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce54dc664081908ff63ec7f92834d7 completed April 2, 2026, 11:37 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:16 p.m.