Triple
T12841051
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Christiaan Barnard |
E307051
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedOn |
P2572
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Louis Washkansky
Louis Washkansky was the South African patient who became the recipient of the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant in 1967.
|
E1005981
|
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: Louis Washkansky | Statement: [Christiaan Barnard, operatedOn, Louis Washkansky]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Washkansky Context triple: [Christiaan Barnard, operatedOn, Louis Washkansky]
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A.
Christiaan Barnard
Christiaan Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon best known for performing the world’s first successful human-to-human heart transplant in 1967.
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B.
Thomas Harvey
Thomas Harvey was an English yeoman farmer and the father of William Harvey, the physician who first accurately described the circulation of blood.
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C.
Denton A. Cooley
Denton A. Cooley was a pioneering American heart surgeon best known for performing the first successful human heart transplant in the United States and founding the Texas Heart Institute.
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D.
George Crile
George Crile was an American journalist and producer best known for his investigative work on U.S. foreign policy and intelligence, including the book "Charlie Wilson's War."
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E.
Duncan Thomson
Duncan Thomson is a fictional character from Nick Hornby's novel "Juliet, Naked," known as an obsessive music fan whose fixation on a reclusive musician strains his personal relationships.
- 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: Louis Washkansky Triple: [Christiaan Barnard, operatedOn, Louis Washkansky]
Generated description
Louis Washkansky was the South African patient who became the recipient of the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant in 1967.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Washkansky Target entity description: Louis Washkansky was the South African patient who became the recipient of the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant in 1967.
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A.
Christiaan Barnard
Christiaan Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon best known for performing the world’s first successful human-to-human heart transplant in 1967.
-
B.
Thomas Harvey
Thomas Harvey was an English yeoman farmer and the father of William Harvey, the physician who first accurately described the circulation of blood.
-
C.
Denton A. Cooley
Denton A. Cooley was a pioneering American heart surgeon best known for performing the first successful human heart transplant in the United States and founding the Texas Heart Institute.
-
D.
George Crile
George Crile was an American journalist and producer best known for his investigative work on U.S. foreign policy and intelligence, including the book "Charlie Wilson's War."
-
E.
Duncan Thomson
Duncan Thomson is a fictional character from Nick Hornby's novel "Juliet, Naked," known as an obsessive music fan whose fixation on a reclusive musician strains his personal relationships.
- 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_69d7bdf52b94819096d6f0ba4ab50a98 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96ff2ab60819085561a3120189985 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f69b9dc1e48190993430956e0fcfdc |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f69ca6358c8190bb076249864f81a8 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f69dc8b86c81908557fa8538e942de |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:58 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:35 p.m.