Triple
T10105968
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology |
E216322
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Selman A. Waksman
Selman A. Waksman was a pioneering microbiologist and biochemist best known for discovering the antibiotic streptomycin and laying the foundations of modern antibiotic therapy.
|
E841968
|
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: Selman A. Waksman | Statement: [Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology, namedAfter, Selman A. Waksman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Selman A. Waksman Context triple: [Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology, namedAfter, Selman A. Waksman]
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A.
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work in bacterial genetics, which earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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B.
Oswald Avery
Oswald Avery was a Canadian-American physician and molecular biologist best known for demonstrating that DNA is the material responsible for heredity.
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C.
Alexander R. Todd
Alexander R. Todd was a Scottish biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the chemistry of nucleotides and nucleic acids.
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D.
George H. Hitchings
George H. Hitchings was an American biochemist and pharmacologist who pioneered the development of important chemotherapy and antiviral drugs, work for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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E.
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming was a Scottish bacteriologist best known for discovering the antibiotic substance penicillin in 1928, a breakthrough that revolutionized modern medicine.
- 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: Selman A. Waksman Triple: [Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology, namedAfter, Selman A. Waksman]
Generated description
Selman A. Waksman was a pioneering microbiologist and biochemist best known for discovering the antibiotic streptomycin and laying the foundations of modern antibiotic therapy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Selman A. Waksman Target entity description: Selman A. Waksman was a pioneering microbiologist and biochemist best known for discovering the antibiotic streptomycin and laying the foundations of modern antibiotic therapy.
-
A.
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work in bacterial genetics, which earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
-
B.
Oswald Avery
Oswald Avery was a Canadian-American physician and molecular biologist best known for demonstrating that DNA is the material responsible for heredity.
-
C.
Alexander R. Todd
Alexander R. Todd was a Scottish biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the chemistry of nucleotides and nucleic acids.
-
D.
George H. Hitchings
George H. Hitchings was an American biochemist and pharmacologist who pioneered the development of important chemotherapy and antiviral drugs, work for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
-
E.
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming was a Scottish bacteriologist best known for discovering the antibiotic substance penicillin in 1928, a breakthrough that revolutionized modern medicine.
- 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_69ca83d039f08190b9d10363221c69fb |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdd0c8a0408190be886ec1013a5208 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d2cc0572e08190a8ef4d620ac27d88 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 8:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d2cd8d611c81909085b3290eb54d16 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 9:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d2ce686da48190b32a2053b94f1d48 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 9:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:03 p.m.