Triple

T1468820
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chad Mirkin E27085 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Nanosphere, Inc.
Nanosphere, Inc. was a biotechnology company specializing in nanoparticle-based molecular diagnostic tests for detecting genetic and infectious diseases.
E166836 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: Nanosphere, Inc. | Statement: [Chad Mirkin, founded, Nanosphere, Inc.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nanosphere, Inc.
Context triple: [Chad Mirkin, founded, Nanosphere, Inc.]
  • A. Microsystems Technology Laboratories
    Microsystems Technology Laboratories is a leading MIT research facility focused on micro- and nano-scale engineering, including microelectronics, MEMS, and related technologies.
  • B. Arthur D. Little, Inc.
    Arthur D. Little, Inc. is a pioneering global management consulting firm known for its work in technology, innovation, and strategy across a wide range of industries.
  • C. Goodrich Corporation
    Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
  • D. Heptares Therapeutics
    Heptares Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery and development of medicines targeting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) using its proprietary structure-based drug design technologies.
  • E. BioQuarter
    BioQuarter is a major biomedical research and innovation campus in Edinburgh that brings together university researchers, healthcare facilities, and life science companies.
  • 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: Nanosphere, Inc.
Triple: [Chad Mirkin, founded, Nanosphere, Inc.]
Generated description
Nanosphere, Inc. was a biotechnology company specializing in nanoparticle-based molecular diagnostic tests for detecting genetic and infectious diseases.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nanosphere, Inc.
Target entity description: Nanosphere, Inc. was a biotechnology company specializing in nanoparticle-based molecular diagnostic tests for detecting genetic and infectious diseases.
  • A. Microsystems Technology Laboratories
    Microsystems Technology Laboratories is a leading MIT research facility focused on micro- and nano-scale engineering, including microelectronics, MEMS, and related technologies.
  • B. Arthur D. Little, Inc.
    Arthur D. Little, Inc. is a pioneering global management consulting firm known for its work in technology, innovation, and strategy across a wide range of industries.
  • C. Goodrich Corporation
    Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
  • D. Heptares Therapeutics
    Heptares Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery and development of medicines targeting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) using its proprietary structure-based drug design technologies.
  • E. BioQuarter
    BioQuarter is a major biomedical research and innovation campus in Edinburgh that brings together university researchers, healthcare facilities, and life science companies.
  • 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_69a496d25d6881909dbd84f86d763992 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c5d8bb68819095b7b413247ad657 completed March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e805fa481908d6428a4e2fb4c4a completed March 8, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0f0b145c8190b08af9a6a3325c23 completed March 8, 2026, 5:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0f9380648190b4db1b9c92f37831 completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:01 p.m.