Triple

T18497776
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Melanthiaceae E451992 entity
Predicate containsTaxon P9413 FINISHED
Object Zigadenus
Zigadenus is a small genus of North American flowering plants commonly known as death camas, noted for their lily-like appearance and extreme toxicity.
 E1329180 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: Zigadenus | Statement: [Melanthiaceae, containsTaxon, Zigadenus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Zigadenus
Context triple: [Melanthiaceae, containsTaxon, Zigadenus]
  • A. Seidlitzia
    Seidlitzia is a small genus of salt-tolerant shrubs in the amaranth family, typically found in arid and saline habitats of Eurasia.
  • B. Laurembergia
    Laurembergia is a small genus of flowering plants in the water milfoil family Haloragaceae, typically found in wet or aquatic habitats.
  • C. Pilostyles
    Pilostyles is a genus of tiny, endoparasitic flowering plants that live almost entirely inside the tissues of their host plants, emerging only as small reproductive structures.
  • D. Sarcomphalus
    Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
  • E. Chorizanthe
    Chorizanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, known commonly as spineflowers and native primarily to western North America.
  • 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: Zigadenus
Triple: [Melanthiaceae, containsTaxon, Zigadenus]
Generated description
Zigadenus is a small genus of North American flowering plants commonly known as death camas, noted for their lily-like appearance and extreme toxicity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Zigadenus
Target entity description: Zigadenus is a small genus of North American flowering plants commonly known as death camas, noted for their lily-like appearance and extreme toxicity.
  • A. Seidlitzia
    Seidlitzia is a small genus of salt-tolerant shrubs in the amaranth family, typically found in arid and saline habitats of Eurasia.
  • B. Laurembergia
    Laurembergia is a small genus of flowering plants in the water milfoil family Haloragaceae, typically found in wet or aquatic habitats.
  • C. Pilostyles
    Pilostyles is a genus of tiny, endoparasitic flowering plants that live almost entirely inside the tissues of their host plants, emerging only as small reproductive structures.
  • D. Sarcomphalus
    Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
  • E. Chorizanthe
    Chorizanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, known commonly as spineflowers and native primarily to western North America.
  • 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_69d8d3855d50819097fc8561b0299dd9 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e532c15dec8190941e7c7a4cdebb66 completed April 19, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a049164ed7c81909af929b5969a5a8c completed May 13, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0492dfcde88190a05adf587a6a2a99 completed May 13, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a04936cfd348190980a63cbea836b2e completed May 13, 2026, 3:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:36 a.m.