Triple

T12533930
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lieber E299637 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Charles M. Lieber
Charles M. Lieber is an American chemist and nanoscientist known for his pioneering work in nanowires and nanoelectronics and for his former professorship at Harvard University.
E988545 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: Charles M. Lieber | Statement: [Lieber, hasNotableBearer, Charles M. Lieber]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles M. Lieber
Context triple: [Lieber, hasNotableBearer, Charles M. Lieber]
  • A. Chad A. Mirkin
    Chad A. Mirkin is an American chemist and nanoscientist renowned for pioneering work in nanoparticle-based biodiagnostics and materials, including the development of spherical nucleic acids and dip-pen nanolithography.
  • B. George M. Whitesides
    George M. Whitesides is a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in materials science, surface chemistry, and microfabrication, and for his extensive influence on modern chemistry and nanotechnology.
  • C. Nicholas J. Turro
    Nicholas J. Turro was a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering contributions to organic photochemistry and molecular photophysics.
  • D. Richard N. Zare
    Richard N. Zare is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in laser chemistry and molecular reaction dynamics, and for his influential contributions to chemical education and science policy.
  • E. Michael L. Coats
    Michael L. Coats is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and later served as director of the Johnson Space Center.
  • 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: Charles M. Lieber
Triple: [Lieber, hasNotableBearer, Charles M. Lieber]
Generated description
Charles M. Lieber is an American chemist and nanoscientist known for his pioneering work in nanowires and nanoelectronics and for his former professorship at Harvard University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles M. Lieber
Target entity description: Charles M. Lieber is an American chemist and nanoscientist known for his pioneering work in nanowires and nanoelectronics and for his former professorship at Harvard University.
  • A. Chad A. Mirkin
    Chad A. Mirkin is an American chemist and nanoscientist renowned for pioneering work in nanoparticle-based biodiagnostics and materials, including the development of spherical nucleic acids and dip-pen nanolithography.
  • B. George M. Whitesides
    George M. Whitesides is a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in materials science, surface chemistry, and microfabrication, and for his extensive influence on modern chemistry and nanotechnology.
  • C. Nicholas J. Turro
    Nicholas J. Turro was a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering contributions to organic photochemistry and molecular photophysics.
  • D. Richard N. Zare
    Richard N. Zare is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in laser chemistry and molecular reaction dynamics, and for his influential contributions to chemical education and science policy.
  • E. Michael L. Coats
    Michael L. Coats is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and later served as director of the Johnson Space Center.
  • 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_69d6ada5cdd48190860d9ce30aff69be completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9546b8fd48190ae90e80785b2e2d1 completed April 10, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f64bc9b9ec8190a25e2658d79836bc completed May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f64da25bf88190889273bf41e2f154 completed May 2, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f65213ed84819086fda178aaf9e774 completed May 2, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.