Triple

T10830384
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kirkwood E255602 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Thomas Kirkwood (biologist)
Thomas Kirkwood is a British biologist best known for his influential "disposable soma" theory of aging and his research on the biology and demography of longevity.
E886961 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: Thomas Kirkwood (biologist) | Statement: [Kirkwood, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Kirkwood (biologist)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Kirkwood (biologist)
Context triple: [Kirkwood, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Kirkwood (biologist)]
  • A. Daniel Kirkwood
    Daniel Kirkwood was a 19th-century American astronomer best known for discovering the Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt.
  • B. Dr. Emlen Physick Jr.
    Dr. Emlen Physick Jr. was a 19th-century physician and member of a prominent Philadelphia family who became known as the original owner and resident of the now-historic Victorian Emlen Physick Estate in Cape May, New Jersey.
  • C. John Gamble Kirkwood
    John Gamble Kirkwood was an influential American theoretical chemist and physicist known for his foundational contributions to statistical mechanics and the theory of liquids.
  • D. Ernest Groves Wold
    Ernest Groves Wold was an early American aviator and World War I flying ace from North Dakota, commemorated by having Fargo’s Wold–Chamberlain Field named in his honor.
  • E. John L. Kirk
    John L. Kirk was an English doctor and collector whose extensive assemblage of everyday historical objects led to the creation of York Castle Museum in York, England.
  • 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: Thomas Kirkwood (biologist)
Triple: [Kirkwood, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Kirkwood (biologist)]
Generated description
Thomas Kirkwood is a British biologist best known for his influential "disposable soma" theory of aging and his research on the biology and demography of longevity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Kirkwood (biologist)
Target entity description: Thomas Kirkwood is a British biologist best known for his influential "disposable soma" theory of aging and his research on the biology and demography of longevity.
  • A. Daniel Kirkwood
    Daniel Kirkwood was a 19th-century American astronomer best known for discovering the Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt.
  • B. Dr. Emlen Physick Jr.
    Dr. Emlen Physick Jr. was a 19th-century physician and member of a prominent Philadelphia family who became known as the original owner and resident of the now-historic Victorian Emlen Physick Estate in Cape May, New Jersey.
  • C. John Gamble Kirkwood
    John Gamble Kirkwood was an influential American theoretical chemist and physicist known for his foundational contributions to statistical mechanics and the theory of liquids.
  • D. Ernest Groves Wold
    Ernest Groves Wold was an early American aviator and World War I flying ace from North Dakota, commemorated by having Fargo’s Wold–Chamberlain Field named in his honor.
  • E. John L. Kirk
    John L. Kirk was an English doctor and collector whose extensive assemblage of everyday historical objects led to the creation of York Castle Museum in York, England.
  • 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_69d6aa8081448190a9324184f2bd1c26 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d74420fa188190b5b3c59e1a9f551d completed April 9, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de85a068b08190948c3ca32cdda147 completed April 14, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de8956d9f081909d076c5e413c1f74 completed April 14, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de8e80fe80819088ac76bb5abc58f0 completed April 14, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:19 p.m.