Triple

T12622205
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John B. Gurdon E301409 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Gurdon
Gurdon is a surname most notably associated with Sir John B. Gurdon, the British developmental biologist and Nobel laureate recognized for his pioneering work in nuclear reprogramming and cloning.
E992891 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: Gurdon | Statement: [John B. Gurdon, familyName, Gurdon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gurdon
Context triple: [John B. Gurdon, familyName, Gurdon]
  • A. Gairdner
    Gairdner is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including historians and public figures.
  • B. Kettlewell
    Kettlewell is a central character in the novel "Makers" by Cory Doctorow, known as an idealistic inventor navigating the disruptive world of post-scarcity technology and maker culture.
  • C. Kettlewell
    Kettlewell is a small village in North Yorkshire, England, known for its picturesque setting in the Yorkshire Dales and its traditional stone-built houses.
  • D. Roslin
    Roslin is a historic village in Midlothian, Scotland, best known for the nearby Rosslyn Chapel and its associations with Scottish history and legend.
  • E. Tizard
    Tizard is an English surname most notably associated with Sir Henry Tizard, a British chemist and key scientific adviser in the development of radar before and during World War II.
  • 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: Gurdon
Triple: [John B. Gurdon, familyName, Gurdon]
Generated description
Gurdon is a surname most notably associated with Sir John B. Gurdon, the British developmental biologist and Nobel laureate recognized for his pioneering work in nuclear reprogramming and cloning.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gurdon
Target entity description: Gurdon is a surname most notably associated with Sir John B. Gurdon, the British developmental biologist and Nobel laureate recognized for his pioneering work in nuclear reprogramming and cloning.
  • A. Gairdner
    Gairdner is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including historians and public figures.
  • B. Kettlewell
    Kettlewell is a central character in the novel "Makers" by Cory Doctorow, known as an idealistic inventor navigating the disruptive world of post-scarcity technology and maker culture.
  • C. Kettlewell
    Kettlewell is a small village in North Yorkshire, England, known for its picturesque setting in the Yorkshire Dales and its traditional stone-built houses.
  • D. Roslin
    Roslin is a historic village in Midlothian, Scotland, best known for the nearby Rosslyn Chapel and its associations with Scottish history and legend.
  • E. Tizard
    Tizard is an English surname most notably associated with Sir Henry Tizard, a British chemist and key scientific adviser in the development of radar before and during World War II.
  • 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_69d7bdeaf49c8190b13800111fa77ea3 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d960c8671881909a102d28b0e7f603 completed April 10, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f65ed6f79881908872c644a9789f04 completed May 2, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f660294004819089714099a08085f6 completed May 2, 2026, 8:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6613ce1108190851cf8491fe666c8 completed May 2, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:14 p.m.