Triple
T12495837
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McCollum |
E298680
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Elmer McCollum
Elmer McCollum was an American biochemist best known for discovering vitamins A and B and helping to establish the field of nutritional science.
|
E987565
|
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: Elmer McCollum | Statement: [McCollum, hasNotableBearer, Elmer McCollum]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmer McCollum Context triple: [McCollum, hasNotableBearer, Elmer McCollum]
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A.
Conrad Elvehjem
Conrad Elvehjem was an American biochemist best known for identifying niacin as the pellagra-preventing vitamin and for his contributions to nutritional science.
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B.
Ancel Keys
Ancel Keys was an American physiologist and nutrition researcher best known for developing K-rations for the U.S. military and for pioneering studies linking diet, cholesterol, and heart disease, including the influential Seven Countries Study.
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C.
Harry Steenbock
Harry Steenbock was an American biochemist best known for discovering how to use ultraviolet light to fortify foods with vitamin D, a breakthrough that helped eradicate rickets.
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D.
B. B. Collip
B. B. Collip was a Canadian biochemist best known as a key member of the team that developed insulin as a treatment for diabetes.
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E.
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering essential nutrients later known as vitamins and for pioneering the field of nutritional biochemistry.
- 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: Elmer McCollum Triple: [McCollum, hasNotableBearer, Elmer McCollum]
Generated description
Elmer McCollum was an American biochemist best known for discovering vitamins A and B and helping to establish the field of nutritional science.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmer McCollum Target entity description: Elmer McCollum was an American biochemist best known for discovering vitamins A and B and helping to establish the field of nutritional science.
-
A.
Conrad Elvehjem
Conrad Elvehjem was an American biochemist best known for identifying niacin as the pellagra-preventing vitamin and for his contributions to nutritional science.
-
B.
Ancel Keys
Ancel Keys was an American physiologist and nutrition researcher best known for developing K-rations for the U.S. military and for pioneering studies linking diet, cholesterol, and heart disease, including the influential Seven Countries Study.
-
C.
Harry Steenbock
Harry Steenbock was an American biochemist best known for discovering how to use ultraviolet light to fortify foods with vitamin D, a breakthrough that helped eradicate rickets.
-
D.
B. B. Collip
B. B. Collip was a Canadian biochemist best known as a key member of the team that developed insulin as a treatment for diabetes.
-
E.
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering essential nutrients later known as vitamins and for pioneering the field of nutritional biochemistry.
- 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_69d6ada4cd388190ae3bbf83ff87057a |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d94df948308190ace333230a4a3b38 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f64badad488190ae1c6c2883a88a4b |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f64f9c0e8c81908db3cad51daa77b6 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6504b033c8190a31f49f2e59c6810 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.