Triple

T10288551
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Martha Chase E241299 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Martha Cowles Chase
Martha Cowles Chase was an American geneticist best known for the Hershey–Chase experiment, which helped confirm DNA as the genetic material.
E852213 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: Martha Cowles Chase | Statement: [Martha Chase, birthName, Martha Cowles Chase]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martha Cowles Chase
Context triple: [Martha Chase, birthName, Martha Cowles Chase]
  • A. Mildred Frances Cowan
    Mildred Frances Cowan was the mother of classic Hollywood film star Lana Turner.
  • B. Lucile Salter Packard
    Lucile Salter Packard was an American philanthropist and children’s health advocate whose legacy includes the founding of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
  • C. Ruth Sherman Tolman
    Ruth Sherman Tolman was an American psychologist and intelligence officer known for her clinical work, advocacy for women in science, and service with the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
  • D. Frances H. Townes
    Frances H. Townes was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Charles Hard Townes and a partner in his scientific and personal life, known for her support of his career and their shared involvement in academic and community activities.
  • E. Alice Gerson Chase
    Alice Gerson Chase was the wife of American painter William Merritt Chase and a frequent subject and muse in many of his domestic and portrait works.
  • 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: Martha Cowles Chase
Triple: [Martha Chase, birthName, Martha Cowles Chase]
Generated description
Martha Cowles Chase was an American geneticist best known for the Hershey–Chase experiment, which helped confirm DNA as the genetic material.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martha Cowles Chase
Target entity description: Martha Cowles Chase was an American geneticist best known for the Hershey–Chase experiment, which helped confirm DNA as the genetic material.
  • A. Mildred Frances Cowan
    Mildred Frances Cowan was the mother of classic Hollywood film star Lana Turner.
  • B. Lucile Salter Packard
    Lucile Salter Packard was an American philanthropist and children’s health advocate whose legacy includes the founding of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
  • C. Ruth Sherman Tolman
    Ruth Sherman Tolman was an American psychologist and intelligence officer known for her clinical work, advocacy for women in science, and service with the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
  • D. Frances H. Townes
    Frances H. Townes was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Charles Hard Townes and a partner in his scientific and personal life, known for her support of his career and their shared involvement in academic and community activities.
  • E. Alice Gerson Chase
    Alice Gerson Chase was the wife of American painter William Merritt Chase and a frequent subject and muse in many of his domestic and portrait works.
  • 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_69d381aaafc08190af475ef58dc16aba completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d2b9d76c8190b1ef6ecf4c1a2a09 completed April 7, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6f8556f4081908390bc5c14dcf560 completed April 9, 2026, 12:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d6fcaee26c8190a19f7d07a63531f6 completed April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6fd879ab88190b0a47295f5d7ad4d completed April 9, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:41 a.m.