Triple

T19576206
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge E489863 entity
Predicate hasSpecies P965 FINISHED
Object double-crested cormorant
The double-crested cormorant is a large, dark waterbird native to North America, known for its hooked bill, orange facial skin, and habit of diving underwater to catch fish.
E1383825 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: double-crested cormorant | Statement: [Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, hasSpecies, double-crested cormorant]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: double-crested cormorant
Context triple: [Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, hasSpecies, double-crested cormorant]
  • A. Cape cormorant
    The Cape cormorant is a medium-sized, dark-plumaged seabird native to the southwestern African coast, where it breeds in large coastal colonies and feeds mainly on small schooling fish.
  • B. Brandt's cormorant
    Brandt's cormorant is a large, dark-bodied marine bird of the Pacific coast of North America, known for its bright blue throat patch during breeding season and its habit of nesting in dense colonies on offshore rocks and islands.
  • C. Guanay cormorant
    The Guanay cormorant is a South American seabird known for forming vast breeding colonies along the Pacific coast and historically being a major producer of guano.
  • D. Megaceryle alcyon
    Megaceryle alcyon, commonly known as the belted kingfisher, is a stocky, crested waterside bird of North America recognized for its loud rattling call and dramatic plunge-diving for fish.
  • E. Dalmatian pelican
    The Dalmatian pelican is one of the world’s largest freshwater birds, known for its massive wingspan, curly nape feathers, and preference for wetlands and shallow lakes across southeastern Europe and Asia.
  • 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: double-crested cormorant
Triple: [Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, hasSpecies, double-crested cormorant]
Generated description
The double-crested cormorant is a large, dark waterbird native to North America, known for its hooked bill, orange facial skin, and habit of diving underwater to catch fish.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: double-crested cormorant
Target entity description: The double-crested cormorant is a large, dark waterbird native to North America, known for its hooked bill, orange facial skin, and habit of diving underwater to catch fish.
  • A. Cape cormorant
    The Cape cormorant is a medium-sized, dark-plumaged seabird native to the southwestern African coast, where it breeds in large coastal colonies and feeds mainly on small schooling fish.
  • B. Brandt's cormorant
    Brandt's cormorant is a large, dark-bodied marine bird of the Pacific coast of North America, known for its bright blue throat patch during breeding season and its habit of nesting in dense colonies on offshore rocks and islands.
  • C. Guanay cormorant
    The Guanay cormorant is a South American seabird known for forming vast breeding colonies along the Pacific coast and historically being a major producer of guano.
  • D. Megaceryle alcyon
    Megaceryle alcyon, commonly known as the belted kingfisher, is a stocky, crested waterside bird of North America recognized for its loud rattling call and dramatic plunge-diving for fish.
  • E. Dalmatian pelican
    The Dalmatian pelican is one of the world’s largest freshwater birds, known for its massive wingspan, curly nape feathers, and preference for wetlands and shallow lakes across southeastern Europe and Asia.
  • 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_69d8e8dd9374819098e36349b3211663 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e64024c5b08190bbff6df633857874 completed April 20, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07578feebc819097d233618e09d1eb completed May 15, 2026, 5:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a075865eaac819085b35d165fda91d4 completed May 15, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07590b84488190a33889335ba95c95 completed May 15, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:42 p.m.