Triple

T852060
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Channel Islands of California E18407 entity
Predicate fauna P950 FINISHED
Object northern elephant seal
The northern elephant seal is a massive marine mammal of the eastern Pacific known for its extreme sexual dimorphism, deep-diving ability, and large breeding colonies on coastal islands and beaches.
E107569 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: northern elephant seal | Statement: [Channel Islands of California, fauna, northern elephant seal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: northern elephant seal
Context triple: [Channel Islands of California, fauna, northern elephant seal]
  • A. Antarctic fur seal
    The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
  • B. Steller sea lion
    The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
  • C. New Zealand fur seal
    The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
  • D. Guadalupe fur seals
    Guadalupe fur seals are a rare, medium-sized eared seal species native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean, known for their dense fur and recovery from near-extinction due to historic overhunting.
  • E. Weddell seal
    The Weddell seal is a large, deep-diving Antarctic seal species known for living year-round on sea ice and for its remarkable ability to vocalize underwater.
  • 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: northern elephant seal
Triple: [Channel Islands of California, fauna, northern elephant seal]
Generated description
The northern elephant seal is a massive marine mammal of the eastern Pacific known for its extreme sexual dimorphism, deep-diving ability, and large breeding colonies on coastal islands and beaches.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: northern elephant seal
Target entity description: The northern elephant seal is a massive marine mammal of the eastern Pacific known for its extreme sexual dimorphism, deep-diving ability, and large breeding colonies on coastal islands and beaches.
  • A. Antarctic fur seal
    The Antarctic fur seal is a marine mammal of the Southern Ocean known for its dense fur, large breeding colonies, and recovery from historic overhunting.
  • B. Steller sea lion
    The Steller sea lion is a large, cold-water marine mammal of the North Pacific known for its massive size, thick neck, and loud, roaring vocalizations.
  • C. New Zealand fur seal
    The New Zealand fur seal is a marine mammal native to New Zealand and southern Australia, known for its thick fur, agile swimming, and colonies along rugged coastal and subantarctic shores.
  • D. Guadalupe fur seals
    Guadalupe fur seals are a rare, medium-sized eared seal species native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean, known for their dense fur and recovery from near-extinction due to historic overhunting.
  • E. Weddell seal
    The Weddell seal is a large, deep-diving Antarctic seal species known for living year-round on sea ice and for its remarkable ability to vocalize underwater.
  • 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_69a4938bdd3c8190a954a3c11844d9cf completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ac22de288190913714d41e5a8e12 completed March 1, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7c71702fc8190a143fe45b228ae24 completed March 4, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7ca67dbc88190b40fd74ad91a4bd6 completed March 4, 2026, 6 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7cb0b497c8190926fce5cc5e99734 completed March 4, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.