Triple

T13624337
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Friedrich Wöhler E325537 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Wöhler synthesis
Wöhler synthesis is a landmark 1828 chemical reaction in which urea was synthesized from inorganic compounds, demonstrating that organic molecules could be created artificially and challenging vitalism.
E325537 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: Wöhler synthesis | Statement: [Friedrich Wöhler, knownFor, Wöhler synthesis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wöhler synthesis
Context triple: [Friedrich Wöhler, knownFor, Wöhler synthesis]
  • A. Haber–Bosch process
    The Haber–Bosch process is an industrial chemical method for synthesizing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen, enabling large-scale fertilizer production and revolutionizing global agriculture.
  • B. Ostwald process
    The Ostwald process is an industrial chemical method for producing nitric acid by catalytically oxidizing ammonia, fundamental to large-scale fertilizer and explosives manufacture.
  • C. Ostwald
    Ostwald is a German surname most notably associated with Nobel Prize–winning chemist Wilhelm Ostwald.
  • D. Reichstein process
    The Reichstein process is an industrial chemical method for synthesizing vitamin C from glucose through a series of fermentation and chemical transformation steps.
  • E. Friedrich Wöhler
    Friedrich Wöhler was a pioneering 19th-century German chemist best known for synthesizing urea from inorganic compounds, a landmark achievement that helped establish modern organic chemistry.
  • 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: Wöhler synthesis
Triple: [Friedrich Wöhler, knownFor, Wöhler synthesis]
Generated description
Wöhler synthesis is a landmark 1828 chemical reaction in which urea was synthesized from inorganic compounds, demonstrating that organic molecules could be created artificially and challenging vitalism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wöhler synthesis
Target entity description: Wöhler synthesis is a landmark 1828 chemical reaction in which urea was synthesized from inorganic compounds, demonstrating that organic molecules could be created artificially and challenging vitalism.
  • A. Haber–Bosch process
    The Haber–Bosch process is an industrial chemical method for synthesizing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen, enabling large-scale fertilizer production and revolutionizing global agriculture.
  • B. Ostwald process
    The Ostwald process is an industrial chemical method for producing nitric acid by catalytically oxidizing ammonia, fundamental to large-scale fertilizer and explosives manufacture.
  • C. Ostwald
    Ostwald is a German surname most notably associated with Nobel Prize–winning chemist Wilhelm Ostwald.
  • D. Reichstein process
    The Reichstein process is an industrial chemical method for synthesizing vitamin C from glucose through a series of fermentation and chemical transformation steps.
  • E. Friedrich Wöhler chosen
    Friedrich Wöhler was a pioneering 19th-century German chemist best known for synthesizing urea from inorganic compounds, a landmark achievement that helped establish modern organic chemistry.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8076aae28819092cf636190ee5529 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbbe9b0b648190afee93121483f45f completed April 12, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f77fa4c5fc8190bd791f181fce2aa1 completed May 3, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f78070e95c819088982e26fe2d8e26 completed May 3, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7815a858c8190a9ae47012d04f8e1 completed May 3, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:50 p.m.