Triple

T22561681
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Makapansgat, South Africa E557829 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Phillip Tobias
Phillip Tobias was a renowned South African paleoanthropologist and anatomist known for his influential research on human evolution and fossil hominins.
E1543479 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: Phillip Tobias | Statement: [Makapansgat, South Africa, associatedWith, Phillip Tobias]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phillip Tobias
Context triple: [Makapansgat, South Africa, associatedWith, Phillip Tobias]
  • A. Rupert Preston
    Rupert Preston is a British film producer known for his work on independent and genre films, including the crime drama "Bronson."
  • B. Nicholas Raine
    Nicholas Raine is the main protagonist of the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter video game "Rage," portrayed as a surviving Ark soldier navigating a hostile wasteland.
  • C. Nicholas Fry
    Nicholas Fry is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Fry, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
  • D. Philip Goldson
    Philip Goldson was a prominent Belizean nationalist, journalist, and politician known for his key role in the country’s independence movement and advocacy for social justice.
  • E. Julian Ovenden
    Julian Ovenden is a British actor and singer known for his work on stage and screen, including roles in productions such as "Downton Abbey" and numerous West End and Broadway musicals.
  • 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: Phillip Tobias
Triple: [Makapansgat, South Africa, associatedWith, Phillip Tobias]
Generated description
Phillip Tobias was a renowned South African paleoanthropologist and anatomist known for his influential research on human evolution and fossil hominins.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phillip Tobias
Target entity description: Phillip Tobias was a renowned South African paleoanthropologist and anatomist known for his influential research on human evolution and fossil hominins.
  • A. Rupert Preston
    Rupert Preston is a British film producer known for his work on independent and genre films, including the crime drama "Bronson."
  • B. Nicholas Raine
    Nicholas Raine is the main protagonist of the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter video game "Rage," portrayed as a surviving Ark soldier navigating a hostile wasteland.
  • C. Nicholas Fry
    Nicholas Fry is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Fry, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
  • D. Philip Goldson
    Philip Goldson was a prominent Belizean nationalist, journalist, and politician known for his key role in the country’s independence movement and advocacy for social justice.
  • E. Julian Ovenden
    Julian Ovenden is a British actor and singer known for his work on stage and screen, including roles in productions such as "Downton Abbey" and numerous West End and Broadway musicals.
  • 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_69e11e5ae4ac8190b1f503457603d969 completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f15fa6a928819083925ea23aaaf725 completed April 29, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b2d6d8bd88190a0716294f22fd32b completed May 18, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0b364801cc81908204a937c1099728 completed May 18, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0b37a1ecc08190ac89e862582833a0 completed May 18, 2026, 4 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:52 p.m.