Triple

T9672243
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boreoeutheria E234055 entity
Predicate namedBy P63 FINISHED
Object Mark S. Springer
Mark S. Springer is an American evolutionary biologist and mammalian systematist known for his influential work on the phylogeny and classification of placental mammals.
 E814632 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: Mark S. Springer | Statement: [Boreoeutheria, namedBy, Mark S. Springer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mark S. Springer
Context triple: [Boreoeutheria, namedBy, Mark S. Springer]
  • A. Craig A. Stough
    Craig A. Stough is an American local government leader who serves as the mayor of Sylvania, Ohio.
  • B. Daniel Spack
    Daniel Spack is an American musician best known as a guitarist and member of the experimental indie rock band Collections of Colonies of Bees and its side project Volcano Choir.
  • C. Michael S. Timlin
    Michael S. Timlin is a climatologist known for his role in developing the Multivariate ENSO Index used to monitor and analyze El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability.
  • D. David Spradley
    David Spradley is an American songwriter and producer best known for his work in R&B and funk music, including contributions to hit songs like "So Many Tears."
  • E. Martin J. Hillenbrand
    Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • 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: Mark S. Springer
Triple: [Boreoeutheria, namedBy, Mark S. Springer]
Generated description
Mark S. Springer is an American evolutionary biologist and mammalian systematist known for his influential work on the phylogeny and classification of placental mammals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mark S. Springer
Target entity description: Mark S. Springer is an American evolutionary biologist and mammalian systematist known for his influential work on the phylogeny and classification of placental mammals.
  • A. Craig A. Stough
    Craig A. Stough is an American local government leader who serves as the mayor of Sylvania, Ohio.
  • B. Daniel Spack
    Daniel Spack is an American musician best known as a guitarist and member of the experimental indie rock band Collections of Colonies of Bees and its side project Volcano Choir.
  • C. Michael S. Timlin
    Michael S. Timlin is a climatologist known for his role in developing the Multivariate ENSO Index used to monitor and analyze El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability.
  • D. David Spradley
    David Spradley is an American songwriter and producer best known for his work in R&B and funk music, including contributions to hit songs like "So Many Tears."
  • E. Martin J. Hillenbrand
    Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • 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_69ca848f55e48190b3f67252571c3d45 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9c6aa01c819083fc758470096ec2 completed April 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d190f9bf78819093542adae997a668 completed April 4, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1925ea9388190a25db357959fc807 completed April 4, 2026, 10:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d192c001708190b3b9a28af99ea452 completed April 4, 2026, 10:37 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:15 p.m.