Triple
T9104048
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gray |
E218431
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Asa Gray
Asa Gray was a pioneering 19th-century American botanist whose influential works helped establish botany as a rigorous scientific discipline in the United States.
|
E777111
|
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: Asa Gray | Statement: [Gray, hasNotableBearer, Asa Gray]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Asa Gray Context triple: [Gray, hasNotableBearer, Asa Gray]
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A.
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Joseph Dalton Hooker was a prominent 19th-century British botanist and explorer who served as director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and was a close collaborator of Charles Darwin.
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B.
Frederic Clements
Frederic Clements was an American plant ecologist best known for developing the influential theory of ecological succession, viewing plant communities as integrated “superorganisms” that progress through predictable stages.
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C.
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz was a 19th-century Swiss-American naturalist and geologist known for his pioneering work on glaciation and influential but controversial views on biology and race.
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D.
James Dwight Dana
James Dwight Dana was a prominent 19th-century American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist known for his influential works on volcanic activity, mountain-building, and systematic mineral classification.
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E.
Augustus Brandegee
Augustus Brandegee was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- 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: Asa Gray Triple: [Gray, hasNotableBearer, Asa Gray]
Generated description
Asa Gray was a pioneering 19th-century American botanist whose influential works helped establish botany as a rigorous scientific discipline in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Asa Gray Target entity description: Asa Gray was a pioneering 19th-century American botanist whose influential works helped establish botany as a rigorous scientific discipline in the United States.
-
A.
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Joseph Dalton Hooker was a prominent 19th-century British botanist and explorer who served as director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and was a close collaborator of Charles Darwin.
-
B.
Frederic Clements
Frederic Clements was an American plant ecologist best known for developing the influential theory of ecological succession, viewing plant communities as integrated “superorganisms” that progress through predictable stages.
-
C.
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz was a 19th-century Swiss-American naturalist and geologist known for his pioneering work on glaciation and influential but controversial views on biology and race.
-
D.
James Dwight Dana
James Dwight Dana was a prominent 19th-century American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist known for his influential works on volcanic activity, mountain-building, and systematic mineral classification.
-
E.
Augustus Brandegee
Augustus Brandegee was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- 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_69ca83db7448819090d0a5de842ef2ac |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cca56f1f10819091abadf7cd06c3a6 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0183677cc8190b3140278f4c6de9c |
completed | April 3, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d0196766248190aebda80cbd7d1eef |
completed | April 3, 2026, 7:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d019d76d2481909118b163ce5713f2 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:15 p.m.