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)]
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A.
Daniel Kirkwood
Daniel Kirkwood was a 19th-century American astronomer best known for discovering the Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A.
Daniel Kirkwood
Daniel Kirkwood was a 19th-century American astronomer best known for discovering the Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt.
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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.