Triple
T1327213
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Darwin–Wallace Medal |
E28355
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George C. Williams
George C. Williams was an influential evolutionary biologist best known for his work on adaptation, natural selection, and the gene-centered view of evolution.
|
E166159
|
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: George C. Williams | Statement: [Darwin–Wallace Medal, notableRecipient, George C. Williams]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George C. Williams Context triple: [Darwin–Wallace Medal, notableRecipient, George C. Williams]
-
A.
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.
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B.
Ernst Mayr
Ernst Mayr was a pioneering 20th-century evolutionary biologist and systematist whose work on species concepts and population thinking helped shape modern evolutionary theory.
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C.
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.
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D.
Theodosius Dobzhansky
Theodosius Dobzhansky was a pioneering 20th-century geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work integrating genetics with natural selection helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
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E.
George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologist whose work on fossil mammals and evolutionary theory helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis.
- 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: George C. Williams Triple: [Darwin–Wallace Medal, notableRecipient, George C. Williams]
Generated description
George C. Williams was an influential evolutionary biologist best known for his work on adaptation, natural selection, and the gene-centered view of evolution.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George C. Williams Target entity description: George C. Williams was an influential evolutionary biologist best known for his work on adaptation, natural selection, and the gene-centered view of evolution.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Ernst Mayr
Ernst Mayr was a pioneering 20th-century evolutionary biologist and systematist whose work on species concepts and population thinking helped shape modern evolutionary theory.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Theodosius Dobzhansky
Theodosius Dobzhansky was a pioneering 20th-century geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work integrating genetics with natural selection helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
-
E.
George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologist whose work on fossil mammals and evolutionary theory helped shape the modern evolutionary synthesis.
- 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_69ad08a5b5fc81909b75f07b620447cd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad09c5e774819085db9a3dd0fdf4ed |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:31 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad0aa2a8008190aba7ae0d09619d82 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.