Triple

T1431548
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science E30456 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Carl Zimmer
Carl Zimmer is an American science writer and journalist renowned for his accessible and insightful books and articles on biology, evolution, and genetics.
E167954 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: Carl Zimmer | Statement: [Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, notableRecipient, Carl Zimmer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl Zimmer
Context triple: [Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, notableRecipient, Carl Zimmer]
  • A. Ian Darwin
    Ian Darwin is a software developer and author best known for his contributions to Unix, Java, and open source programming resources.
  • B. Sean B. Carroll
    Sean B. Carroll is an evolutionary biologist, author, and science communicator known for his work in evolutionary developmental biology and for popularizing science through award-winning books and media.
  • C. Stephen Jay Gould
    Stephen Jay Gould was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science essayist known for his work on punctuated equilibrium and for popularizing evolutionary theory.
  • D. John C. Avise
    John C. Avise is an American evolutionary geneticist renowned for pioneering the use of molecular markers to study natural populations, phylogeography, and conservation biology.
  • E. Michael Darwin
    Michael Darwin is an American writer and researcher best known for his influential work and advocacy in the field of cryonics.
  • 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: Carl Zimmer
Triple: [Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, notableRecipient, Carl Zimmer]
Generated description
Carl Zimmer is an American science writer and journalist renowned for his accessible and insightful books and articles on biology, evolution, and genetics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl Zimmer
Target entity description: Carl Zimmer is an American science writer and journalist renowned for his accessible and insightful books and articles on biology, evolution, and genetics.
  • A. Ian Darwin
    Ian Darwin is a software developer and author best known for his contributions to Unix, Java, and open source programming resources.
  • B. Sean B. Carroll
    Sean B. Carroll is an evolutionary biologist, author, and science communicator known for his work in evolutionary developmental biology and for popularizing science through award-winning books and media.
  • C. Stephen Jay Gould
    Stephen Jay Gould was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science essayist known for his work on punctuated equilibrium and for popularizing evolutionary theory.
  • D. John C. Avise
    John C. Avise is an American evolutionary geneticist renowned for pioneering the use of molecular markers to study natural populations, phylogeography, and conservation biology.
  • E. Michael Darwin
    Michael Darwin is an American writer and researcher best known for his influential work and advocacy in the field of cryonics.
  • 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_69a498fc69ec8190b61722bd4b67c4d2 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c4dc3e2081909ff951fe73db277b completed March 1, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e6c095c8190ad881f8d5b22ce93 completed March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad10b1c9b4819082618db50ec8994f completed March 8, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad10fca0448190b2c9bd917249c0f6 completed March 8, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.