Triple

T1327212
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Darwin–Wallace Medal E28355 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object John Maynard Smith
John Maynard Smith was a British evolutionary biologist and geneticist renowned for applying game theory to evolution and for his influential work on the mathematical foundations of natural selection.
E162957 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: John Maynard Smith | Statement: [Darwin–Wallace Medal, notableRecipient, John Maynard Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Maynard Smith
Context triple: [Darwin–Wallace Medal, notableRecipient, John Maynard Smith]
  • A. J. B. S. Haldane
    J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
  • B. William D. Hamilton
    William D. Hamilton was a pioneering British evolutionary biologist best known for his work on kin selection and the genetic basis of social behavior.
  • C. Mark Darwin
    Mark Darwin is one of the two sons of British former teacher and convicted fraudster John Darwin, who became widely known due to his father's infamous "canoe man" disappearance and insurance scam.
  • D. Geoffrey Simpson
    Geoffrey Simpson is an Australian cinematographer known for his work on feature films including the 1994 adaptation of "Little Women."
  • E. William L Whittaker
    William L. "Red" Whittaker is a pioneering roboticist and Carnegie Mellon University professor known for his groundbreaking work in field robotics and autonomous vehicles.
  • 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: John Maynard Smith
Triple: [Darwin–Wallace Medal, notableRecipient, John Maynard Smith]
Generated description
John Maynard Smith was a British evolutionary biologist and geneticist renowned for applying game theory to evolution and for his influential work on the mathematical foundations of natural selection.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Maynard Smith
Target entity description: John Maynard Smith was a British evolutionary biologist and geneticist renowned for applying game theory to evolution and for his influential work on the mathematical foundations of natural selection.
  • A. J. B. S. Haldane
    J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
  • B. William D. Hamilton
    William D. Hamilton was a pioneering British evolutionary biologist best known for his work on kin selection and the genetic basis of social behavior.
  • C. Mark Darwin
    Mark Darwin is one of the two sons of British former teacher and convicted fraudster John Darwin, who became widely known due to his father's infamous "canoe man" disappearance and insurance scam.
  • D. Geoffrey Simpson
    Geoffrey Simpson is an Australian cinematographer known for his work on feature films including the 1994 adaptation of "Little Women."
  • E. William L Whittaker
    William L. "Red" Whittaker is a pioneering roboticist and Carnegie Mellon University professor known for his groundbreaking work in field robotics and autonomous vehicles.
  • 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_69a498540a2481909e807a762280d3ba completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c1c0a22881909eff0fc6c91a5f41 completed March 1, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad014e33488190b50469c727b32639 completed March 8, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0216e9988190beb96b9d85e2dfce completed March 8, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad026fc2cc81908fa03bfa6e17c391 completed March 8, 2026, 5 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.