Triple

T10806689
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kitasato Institute E254984 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Kitasato Shibasaburō
Kitasato Shibasaburō was a pioneering Japanese physician and bacteriologist renowned for co-discovering the infectious agent of bubonic plague and advancing serum therapy and immunology.
 E887293 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: Kitasato Shibasaburō | Statement: [Kitasato Institute, namedAfter, Kitasato Shibasaburō]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kitasato Shibasaburō
Context triple: [Kitasato Institute, namedAfter, Kitasato Shibasaburō]
  • A. Haruhiko Kuroda
    Haruhiko Kuroda is a Japanese economist and former Governor of the Bank of Japan known for his aggressive monetary easing policies that supported Shinzo Abe’s economic program.
  • B. Iwakura Ushijima
    Iwakura Ushijima is a notable individual distinguished by bearing the Japanese surname Ushijima.
  • C. Kakuei Tanaka
    Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.
  • D. Yoshida Shigeru
    Yoshida Shigeru was a prominent Japanese diplomat and postwar prime minister who played a key role in Japan’s recovery and alignment with the West after World War II.
  • E. Shigenori Kuroda
    Shigenori Kuroda was a Japanese general who served as the military governor of the Philippines during World War II.
  • 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: Kitasato Shibasaburō
Triple: [Kitasato Institute, namedAfter, Kitasato Shibasaburō]
Generated description
Kitasato Shibasaburō was a pioneering Japanese physician and bacteriologist renowned for co-discovering the infectious agent of bubonic plague and advancing serum therapy and immunology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kitasato Shibasaburō
Target entity description: Kitasato Shibasaburō was a pioneering Japanese physician and bacteriologist renowned for co-discovering the infectious agent of bubonic plague and advancing serum therapy and immunology.
  • A. Haruhiko Kuroda
    Haruhiko Kuroda is a Japanese economist and former Governor of the Bank of Japan known for his aggressive monetary easing policies that supported Shinzo Abe’s economic program.
  • B. Iwakura Ushijima
    Iwakura Ushijima is a notable individual distinguished by bearing the Japanese surname Ushijima.
  • C. Kakuei Tanaka
    Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.
  • D. Yoshida Shigeru
    Yoshida Shigeru was a prominent Japanese diplomat and postwar prime minister who played a key role in Japan’s recovery and alignment with the West after World War II.
  • E. Shigenori Kuroda
    Shigenori Kuroda was a Japanese general who served as the military governor of the Philippines during World War II.
  • 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_69d6aa61c15c8190a1839550c56e75e1 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d733b3f92c8190bcc85db22d77bb7d completed April 9, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de850209ac8190a7bf3a6d429d1217 completed April 14, 2026, 6:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de8954500c81909b57c4f8007959aa completed April 14, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de8f38e3048190b1acc81bb56fe165 completed April 14, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:18 p.m.