Triple

T10288563
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Martha Chase E241299 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Hershey–Chase research team
The Hershey–Chase research team was the duo of Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase whose landmark 1952 bacteriophage experiments demonstrated that DNA, not protein, is the genetic material.
E629010 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: Hershey–Chase research team | Statement: [Martha Chase, partOf, Hershey–Chase research team]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hershey–Chase research team
Context triple: [Martha Chase, partOf, Hershey–Chase research team]
  • A. Hershey–Chase experiment
    The Hershey–Chase experiment was a landmark 1952 study in molecular biology that used bacteriophages to demonstrate that DNA, rather than protein, is the genetic material.
  • B. Alfred Hershey
    Alfred Hershey was an American bacteriologist and geneticist best known for the Hershey–Chase experiment, which helped establish DNA as the genetic material.
  • C. Oswald Avery
    Oswald Avery was a Canadian-American physician and molecular biologist best known for demonstrating that DNA is the material responsible for heredity.
  • D. Martha Chase
    Martha Chase was an American geneticist best known for the Hershey–Chase experiment, which demonstrated that DNA is the genetic material.
  • E. Max Delbrück
    Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
  • 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: Hershey–Chase research team
Triple: [Martha Chase, partOf, Hershey–Chase research team]
Generated description
The Hershey–Chase research team was the duo of Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase whose landmark 1952 bacteriophage experiments demonstrated that DNA, not protein, is the genetic material.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hershey–Chase research team
Target entity description: The Hershey–Chase research team was the duo of Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase whose landmark 1952 bacteriophage experiments demonstrated that DNA, not protein, is the genetic material.
  • A. Hershey–Chase experiment chosen
    The Hershey–Chase experiment was a landmark 1952 study in molecular biology that used bacteriophages to demonstrate that DNA, rather than protein, is the genetic material.
  • B. Alfred Hershey
    Alfred Hershey was an American bacteriologist and geneticist best known for the Hershey–Chase experiment, which helped establish DNA as the genetic material.
  • C. Oswald Avery
    Oswald Avery was a Canadian-American physician and molecular biologist best known for demonstrating that DNA is the material responsible for heredity.
  • D. Martha Chase
    Martha Chase was an American geneticist best known for the Hershey–Chase experiment, which demonstrated that DNA is the genetic material.
  • E. Max Delbrück
    Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
  • F. None of above.

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.