Triple

T18036214
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Zealand fairy tern E431513 entity
Predicate parentTaxon P2891 FINISHED
Object Sternula nereis
Sternula nereis is a small coastal tern species found in Australasia, including New Zealand and Australia, known for its pale plumage and association with sandy and estuarine shorelines.
 E1302078 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: Sternula nereis | Statement: [New Zealand fairy tern, parentTaxon, Sternula nereis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sternula nereis
Context triple: [New Zealand fairy tern, parentTaxon, Sternula nereis]
  • A. Sterna
    Sterna is a genus of seabirds in the tern family that includes species such as the Arctic tern, known for their graceful flight and long-distance migrations.
  • B. Kentish plover
    The Kentish plover is a small, pale shorebird of sandy coasts and salt flats, known for its quick, darting movements and widespread breeding across Eurasia and North Africa.
  • C. Calidris mauri
    Calidris mauri is a small migratory shorebird of the sandpiper family that breeds in Arctic North America and winters along the coasts of the Americas.
  • D. Salpornis
    Salpornis is a small genus of treecreeper-like passerine birds found in parts of Africa and Asia.
  • E. Tadorna
    Tadorna is a genus of large, colorful waterfowl commonly known as shelducks, found across Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia.
  • 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: Sternula nereis
Triple: [New Zealand fairy tern, parentTaxon, Sternula nereis]
Generated description
Sternula nereis is a small coastal tern species found in Australasia, including New Zealand and Australia, known for its pale plumage and association with sandy and estuarine shorelines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sternula nereis
Target entity description: Sternula nereis is a small coastal tern species found in Australasia, including New Zealand and Australia, known for its pale plumage and association with sandy and estuarine shorelines.
  • A. Sterna
    Sterna is a genus of seabirds in the tern family that includes species such as the Arctic tern, known for their graceful flight and long-distance migrations.
  • B. Kentish plover
    The Kentish plover is a small, pale shorebird of sandy coasts and salt flats, known for its quick, darting movements and widespread breeding across Eurasia and North Africa.
  • C. Calidris mauri
    Calidris mauri is a small migratory shorebird of the sandpiper family that breeds in Arctic North America and winters along the coasts of the Americas.
  • D. Salpornis
    Salpornis is a small genus of treecreeper-like passerine birds found in parts of Africa and Asia.
  • E. Tadorna
    Tadorna is a genus of large, colorful waterfowl commonly known as shelducks, found across Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia.
  • 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_69d8b9050fb48190890155145deb0a66 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4be3a80508190b667c3f6d14f5c84 completed April 19, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0349b345148190b500996adc2c4d6f completed May 12, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a034a6325b881909f8b21f25c88c561 completed May 12, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a034b35b618819086373115fea686ad completed May 12, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:25 a.m.