Triple

T9608533
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Plains cottonwood E232037 entity
Predicate family P566 FINISHED
Object Salicaceae
Salicaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes willows, poplars, and cottonwoods, many of which are important trees in temperate and boreal ecosystems.
 E810052 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: Salicaceae | Statement: [Plains cottonwood, family, Salicaceae]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Salicaceae
Context triple: [Plains cottonwood, family, Salicaceae]
  • A. Elaeagnaceae
    Elaeagnaceae is a small family of flowering plants, commonly known as the oleaster or silverberry family, that includes shrubs and small trees often adapted to dry or nutrient-poor soils.
  • B. Hamamelidaceae
    Hamamelidaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for shrubs and small trees such as witch-hazels, often valued for their ornamental flowers and medicinal uses.
  • C. Ulmaceae
    Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
  • D. Rhamnaceae
    Rhamnaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the buckthorn family, that includes shrubs, trees, and some vines found in diverse habitats worldwide.
  • E. Cornaceae
    Cornaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for the dogwoods, which are mostly trees and shrubs found in temperate regions.
  • 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: Salicaceae
Triple: [Plains cottonwood, family, Salicaceae]
Generated description
Salicaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes willows, poplars, and cottonwoods, many of which are important trees in temperate and boreal ecosystems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Salicaceae
Target entity description: Salicaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes willows, poplars, and cottonwoods, many of which are important trees in temperate and boreal ecosystems.
  • A. Elaeagnaceae
    Elaeagnaceae is a small family of flowering plants, commonly known as the oleaster or silverberry family, that includes shrubs and small trees often adapted to dry or nutrient-poor soils.
  • B. Hamamelidaceae
    Hamamelidaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for shrubs and small trees such as witch-hazels, often valued for their ornamental flowers and medicinal uses.
  • C. Ulmaceae
    Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
  • D. Rhamnaceae
    Rhamnaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the buckthorn family, that includes shrubs, trees, and some vines found in diverse habitats worldwide.
  • E. Cornaceae
    Cornaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for the dogwoods, which are mostly trees and shrubs found in temperate regions.
  • 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_69ca8485a90c819094fe40b42fde9d70 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9a8300e48190bef51f61febc061d completed April 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d179491ecc8190a72be68cc5f572b2 completed April 4, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d17a5df01081909f20c4a722cef83d completed April 4, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d17adb55648190b01060ade60b0fde completed April 4, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:08 p.m.