Triple

T11931709
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joseph Jackson Lister E283928 entity
Predicate notableRelative P367 FINISHED
Object Lord Lister
Lord Lister was a pioneering British surgeon and medical scientist whose introduction of antiseptic techniques in surgery dramatically reduced infections and transformed modern medicine.
 E954706 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Lord Lister | Statement: [Joseph Jackson Lister, notableRelative, Lord Lister]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lord Lister
Context triple: [Joseph Jackson Lister, notableRelative, Lord Lister]
  • A. Dr. Ridgeon
    Dr. Ridgeon is the central physician protagonist in George Bernard Shaw’s play "The Doctor’s Dilemma," whose moral and professional conflicts drive the drama’s critique of medical ethics.
  • B. Dr. Marchmont
    Dr. Marchmont is a character in Frances Burney’s novel "Camilla," serving as a physician and advisor whose interactions help shape the protagonist’s experiences and development.
  • C. Dr. Henry Armitage
    Dr. Henry Armitage is a learned and resolute librarian and occult scholar from H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, best known for confronting supernatural horrors in “The Dunwich Horror.”
  • D. Dr. James Kildare
    Dr. James Kildare is a fictional young physician featured in a popular series of medical films, radio programs, and television shows centered on his professional and personal challenges in the medical field.
  • E. Henry Maudsley
    Henry Maudsley was a pioneering 19th-century British psychiatrist whose work and philanthropy significantly shaped modern mental health care and psychiatric institutions.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lord Lister
Target entity description: Lord Lister was a pioneering British surgeon and medical scientist whose introduction of antiseptic techniques in surgery dramatically reduced infections and transformed modern medicine.
  • A. Dr. Ridgeon
    Dr. Ridgeon is the central physician protagonist in George Bernard Shaw’s play "The Doctor’s Dilemma," whose moral and professional conflicts drive the drama’s critique of medical ethics.
  • B. Dr. Marchmont
    Dr. Marchmont is a character in Frances Burney’s novel "Camilla," serving as a physician and advisor whose interactions help shape the protagonist’s experiences and development.
  • C. Dr. Henry Armitage
    Dr. Henry Armitage is a learned and resolute librarian and occult scholar from H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, best known for confronting supernatural horrors in “The Dunwich Horror.”
  • D. Dr. James Kildare
    Dr. James Kildare is a fictional young physician featured in a popular series of medical films, radio programs, and television shows centered on his professional and personal challenges in the medical field.
  • E. Henry Maudsley
    Henry Maudsley was a pioneering 19th-century British psychiatrist whose work and philanthropy significantly shaped modern mental health care and psychiatric institutions.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Lord Lister
Triple: [Joseph Jackson Lister, notableRelative, Lord Lister]
Generated description
Lord Lister was a pioneering British surgeon and medical scientist whose introduction of antiseptic techniques in surgery dramatically reduced infections and transformed modern medicine.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6ab2ce9c48190b5d39511b524f666 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d90305015c81908edb0d9d3d012b2e ner completed
NED1 batch_69f4406ee910819093c72738bfe3f92c ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69f44afdc7b08190bdf47cfcb94c34c8 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69f448fc874081908fe05f9d8aff11a3 nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.