Triple
T11823884
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | carbolic acid |
E281207
|
entity |
| Predicate | wasPioneeredInSurgeryBy |
P101694
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Joseph Lister |
E58641
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Joseph Lister | Statement: [carbolic acid, wasPioneeredInSurgeryBy, Joseph Lister]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Lister Context triple: [carbolic acid, wasPioneeredInSurgeryBy, Joseph Lister]
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A.
Joseph Lister
chosen
Joseph Lister was a pioneering British surgeon who revolutionized medicine by introducing antiseptic techniques that drastically reduced surgical infections and mortality.
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B.
Joseph Jackson Lister
Joseph Jackson Lister was a pioneering 19th-century English amateur scientist and wine merchant whose improvements to the optical microscope significantly advanced the field of microscopy.
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C.
Francis Bell
Francis Bell was a New Zealand politician and lawyer who briefly served as the country's prime minister in the early 20th century.
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D.
Sir James Young Simpson
Sir James Young Simpson was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish obstetrician best known for introducing chloroform as an anesthetic in surgery and childbirth.
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E.
William Halstead
William Halstead was a 19th-century American politician who served multiple terms as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: wasPioneeredInSurgeryBy Context triple: [carbolic acid, wasPioneeredInSurgeryBy, Joseph Lister]
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A.
famousOperation
Indicates that an operation is widely recognized or renowned, typically due to its historical, cultural, or technical significance.
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B.
operatedOn
Indicates that one entity has performed a surgical or procedural operation on another entity.
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C.
operatedFor
Indicates that one entity performed operations or provided services on behalf of, or in support of, another entity for a certain period or purpose.
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D.
operatedWith
Indicates that an entity performed an action, function, or process using a specified tool, method, or instrument.
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E.
wasInventedBy
Indicates that something (typically an object, concept, or process) was created or brought into existence by a particular inventor or originator.
- 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_69d6ab276f8c8190b1966a0ef11349ac |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a5e9c50481909b2287a0b23d2094 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f43f9e99788190a5a8abb135426038 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 5:52 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d8a251fc08819095933f1d13c3b742 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69d8a43cc0c881909fed7cd759fe90b1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.