Triple
T12804188
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Biotechnology Heritage Award |
E306100
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Kary B. Mullis
Kary B. Mullis was an American biochemist and Nobel laureate best known for inventing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a revolutionary technique in molecular biology.
|
E1004616
|
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: Kary B. Mullis | Statement: [Biotechnology Heritage Award, notableRecipient, Kary B. Mullis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kary B. Mullis Context triple: [Biotechnology Heritage Award, notableRecipient, Kary B. Mullis]
-
A.
Walter Gilbert
Walter Gilbert is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in DNA sequencing and gene regulation.
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B.
Walter Gilbert
Walter Gilbert was a prominent British sculptor and metalworker of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his architectural and decorative commissions.
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C.
Werner Arber
Werner Arber is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist who won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on restriction enzymes and molecular genetics.
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D.
Herbert Boyer
Herbert Boyer is an American biochemist and genetic engineer renowned as a pioneer of recombinant DNA technology and a co-founder of the biotechnology company Genentech.
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E.
Richard J. Roberts
Richard J. Roberts is a British molecular biologist and biochemist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning discovery of split genes and RNA splicing in eukaryotic DNA.
- 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: Kary B. Mullis Triple: [Biotechnology Heritage Award, notableRecipient, Kary B. Mullis]
Generated description
Kary B. Mullis was an American biochemist and Nobel laureate best known for inventing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a revolutionary technique in molecular biology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kary B. Mullis Target entity description: Kary B. Mullis was an American biochemist and Nobel laureate best known for inventing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a revolutionary technique in molecular biology.
-
A.
Walter Gilbert
Walter Gilbert is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in DNA sequencing and gene regulation.
-
B.
Walter Gilbert
Walter Gilbert was a prominent British sculptor and metalworker of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his architectural and decorative commissions.
-
C.
Werner Arber
Werner Arber is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist who won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on restriction enzymes and molecular genetics.
-
D.
Herbert Boyer
Herbert Boyer is an American biochemist and genetic engineer renowned as a pioneer of recombinant DNA technology and a co-founder of the biotechnology company Genentech.
-
E.
Richard J. Roberts
Richard J. Roberts is a British molecular biologist and biochemist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning discovery of split genes and RNA splicing in eukaryotic DNA.
- 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_69d7bdf366888190a8cccb982606889c |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96e7e3be48190ba9159c9f1ac2ccd |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f68ec463f08190822e5235362cf584 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6908cb8ec8190855b217c13a51f16 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6917688508190ae5a64494eaadce7 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:30 p.m.