Triple

T17940218
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Indian muntjac E448564 entity
Predicate firstDescribedBy P7386 FINISHED
Object Zimmermann
Zimmermann was a zoologist who formally described the Indian muntjac, a small deer species native to South and Southeast Asia.
E1297979 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: Zimmermann | Statement: [Indian muntjac, firstDescribedBy, Zimmermann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zimmermann
Context triple: [Indian muntjac, firstDescribedBy, Zimmermann]
  • A. Zimmermann
    Zimmermann is a German surname commonly associated with the occupation of a carpenter or builder.
  • B. Zschepplin
    Zschepplin is a small municipality in the German state of Saxony, situated northeast of Leipzig within its wider metropolitan area.
  • C. von Hindenburg
    Von Hindenburg is a German noble family name most famously associated with Paul von Hindenburg, the World War I field marshal and later President of Germany.
  • D. Helmuth
    Helmuth is a masculine given name of German origin, historically borne by several notable military and political figures.
  • E. Arthur Zimmermann
    Arthur Zimmermann was the German Foreign Secretary during World War I, best known for the Zimmermann Telegram that sought to draw Mexico into the war against the United States.
  • 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: Zimmermann
Triple: [Indian muntjac, firstDescribedBy, Zimmermann]
Generated description
Zimmermann was a zoologist who formally described the Indian muntjac, a small deer species native to South and Southeast Asia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zimmermann
Target entity description: Zimmermann was a zoologist who formally described the Indian muntjac, a small deer species native to South and Southeast Asia.
  • A. Zimmermann
    Zimmermann is a German surname commonly associated with the occupation of a carpenter or builder.
  • B. Zschepplin
    Zschepplin is a small municipality in the German state of Saxony, situated northeast of Leipzig within its wider metropolitan area.
  • C. von Hindenburg
    Von Hindenburg is a German noble family name most famously associated with Paul von Hindenburg, the World War I field marshal and later President of Germany.
  • D. Helmuth
    Helmuth is a masculine given name of German origin, historically borne by several notable military and political figures.
  • E. Arthur Zimmermann
    Arthur Zimmermann was the German Foreign Secretary during World War I, best known for the Zimmermann Telegram that sought to draw Mexico into the war against the United States.
  • 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_69d8b9f79d14819095540856928f0e25 completed April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4ad9533688190bff773c183ed8505 completed April 19, 2026, 10:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a032914b7008190a7207d93f865ea8f completed May 12, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a032b598bd881909f53df8f82799b6b completed May 12, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a032c42d0a08190b2665adafaffdca7 completed May 12, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:21 a.m.