Triple

T21124063
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt E520504 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Ethology: The Biology of Behavior
Ethology: The Biology of Behavior is a foundational book on animal and human behavior that helped establish modern ethology by synthesizing biological, evolutionary, and observational approaches to the study of behavior.
 E1468200 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: Ethology: The Biology of Behavior | Statement: [Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, notableWork, Ethology: The Biology of Behavior]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ethology: The Biology of Behavior
Context triple: [Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, notableWork, Ethology: The Biology of Behavior]
  • A. Animal Behavior: An Introduction
    "Animal Behavior: An Introduction" is a widely used textbook by evolutionary biologist Mark Ridley that provides a comprehensive overview of the mechanisms and evolutionary foundations of animal behavior.
  • B. Tinbergen’s four questions in ethology
    Tinbergen’s four questions in ethology are a foundational framework for understanding animal behavior by analyzing its causation, development, function, and evolutionary history.
  • C. The Behavior of Organisms
    The Behavior of Organisms is B. F. Skinner’s foundational 1938 book that systematically outlines the principles of operant conditioning and experimental analysis of behavior.
  • D. Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men
    Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men is Edward C. Tolman’s landmark 1932 book that introduced his theory of purposive behaviorism, emphasizing goal-directed behavior and cognitive processes in animals and humans.
  • E. Evolution and Animal Behavior
    Evolution and Animal Behavior is a scientific work by Mark Ridley that explores how evolutionary principles shape the behavior of animals.
  • 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: Ethology: The Biology of Behavior
Triple: [Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, notableWork, Ethology: The Biology of Behavior]
Generated description
Ethology: The Biology of Behavior is a foundational book on animal and human behavior that helped establish modern ethology by synthesizing biological, evolutionary, and observational approaches to the study of behavior.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ethology: The Biology of Behavior
Target entity description: Ethology: The Biology of Behavior is a foundational book on animal and human behavior that helped establish modern ethology by synthesizing biological, evolutionary, and observational approaches to the study of behavior.
  • A. Animal Behavior: An Introduction
    "Animal Behavior: An Introduction" is a widely used textbook by evolutionary biologist Mark Ridley that provides a comprehensive overview of the mechanisms and evolutionary foundations of animal behavior.
  • B. Tinbergen’s four questions in ethology
    Tinbergen’s four questions in ethology are a foundational framework for understanding animal behavior by analyzing its causation, development, function, and evolutionary history.
  • C. The Behavior of Organisms
    The Behavior of Organisms is B. F. Skinner’s foundational 1938 book that systematically outlines the principles of operant conditioning and experimental analysis of behavior.
  • D. Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men
    Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men is Edward C. Tolman’s landmark 1932 book that introduced his theory of purposive behaviorism, emphasizing goal-directed behavior and cognitive processes in animals and humans.
  • E. Evolution and Animal Behavior
    Evolution and Animal Behavior is a scientific work by Mark Ridley that explores how evolutionary principles shape the behavior of animals.
  • 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_69e0b50a623881909c0bbaf4f2c055e7 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e72236b2d88190bef9f0cd6924ca92 completed April 21, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0965eb985081908e83e65d104e25ee completed May 17, 2026, 6:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0966f894d48190b6841c35a9aab417 completed May 17, 2026, 6:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a096adfd4248190a26c513278e7b334 completed May 17, 2026, 7:14 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:56 p.m.