Triple

T23104966
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kirkia E576134 entity
Predicate firstDescribedAsGenusBy P91808 FINISHED
Object William H. Harvey
William H. Harvey was a 19th-century Irish botanist and phycologist known for his influential work on plant and algal taxonomy.
 E1571329 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: William H. Harvey | Statement: [Kirkia, firstDescribedAsGenusBy, William H. Harvey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Harvey
Context triple: [Kirkia, firstDescribedAsGenusBy, William H. Harvey]
  • A. John W. Harvey
    John W. Harvey is an astronomer recognized for his significant contributions to solar physics and helioseismology, for which he received the prestigious George Ellery Hale Prize.
  • B. Benjamin M. Palmer
    Benjamin M. Palmer was a prominent 19th-century American Presbyterian minister and influential Southern religious leader known for his powerful oratory and support of the Confederacy.
  • C. William Allyn
    William Allyn is a film and television producer best known for his work on the 1987 comedy "Rich and Famous."
  • D. James V. Simpson
    James V. Simpson is a screenwriter best known for writing the action thriller film "Armored."
  • E. Henry W. Marsh
    Henry W. Marsh was an American insurance executive and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the global professional services firm Marsh & McLennan.
  • 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: William H. Harvey
Triple: [Kirkia, firstDescribedAsGenusBy, William H. Harvey]
Generated description
William H. Harvey was a 19th-century Irish botanist and phycologist known for his influential work on plant and algal taxonomy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Harvey
Target entity description: William H. Harvey was a 19th-century Irish botanist and phycologist known for his influential work on plant and algal taxonomy.
  • A. John W. Harvey
    John W. Harvey is an astronomer recognized for his significant contributions to solar physics and helioseismology, for which he received the prestigious George Ellery Hale Prize.
  • B. Benjamin M. Palmer
    Benjamin M. Palmer was a prominent 19th-century American Presbyterian minister and influential Southern religious leader known for his powerful oratory and support of the Confederacy.
  • C. William Allyn
    William Allyn is a film and television producer best known for his work on the 1987 comedy "Rich and Famous."
  • D. James V. Simpson
    James V. Simpson is a screenwriter best known for writing the action thriller film "Armored."
  • E. Henry W. Marsh
    Henry W. Marsh was an American insurance executive and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the global professional services firm Marsh & McLennan.
  • 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_69e245f4af548190898d434a64a1e774 completed April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18deb702c819099f2e2141706f00e completed April 29, 2026, 4:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c23e430a08190bf70391d978f22da completed May 19, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c28ed782c8190a60cf2212a1e7861 completed May 19, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c29bca4c08190a29d4204c75b333f completed May 19, 2026, 9:13 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:58 p.m.