Triple

T14700836
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fogarty E345290 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Thomas J. Fogarty
Thomas J. Fogarty is an American surgeon, inventor, and entrepreneur best known for developing the Fogarty balloon embolectomy catheter, a groundbreaking device in vascular surgery.
E1114804 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: Thomas J. Fogarty | Statement: [Fogarty, hasNotableBearer, Thomas J. Fogarty]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas J. Fogarty
Context triple: [Fogarty, hasNotableBearer, Thomas J. Fogarty]
  • A. Denton A. Cooley
    Denton A. Cooley was a pioneering American heart surgeon best known for performing the first successful human heart transplant in the United States and founding the Texas Heart Institute.
  • B. Michael E. DeBakey
    Michael E. DeBakey was a pioneering American cardiovascular surgeon and medical innovator whose work revolutionized heart surgery and biomedical research.
  • C. Charles Huston Bell
    Charles Huston Bell was the husband of Academy Award–winning American actress Dorothy Malone.
  • D. John F. Warren
    John F. Warren was an American cinematographer known for his work on mid-20th-century films and television productions.
  • E. George Crile
    George Crile was an American journalist and producer best known for his investigative work on U.S. foreign policy and intelligence, including the book "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • 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: Thomas J. Fogarty
Triple: [Fogarty, hasNotableBearer, Thomas J. Fogarty]
Generated description
Thomas J. Fogarty is an American surgeon, inventor, and entrepreneur best known for developing the Fogarty balloon embolectomy catheter, a groundbreaking device in vascular surgery.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas J. Fogarty
Target entity description: Thomas J. Fogarty is an American surgeon, inventor, and entrepreneur best known for developing the Fogarty balloon embolectomy catheter, a groundbreaking device in vascular surgery.
  • A. Denton A. Cooley
    Denton A. Cooley was a pioneering American heart surgeon best known for performing the first successful human heart transplant in the United States and founding the Texas Heart Institute.
  • B. Michael E. DeBakey
    Michael E. DeBakey was a pioneering American cardiovascular surgeon and medical innovator whose work revolutionized heart surgery and biomedical research.
  • C. Charles Huston Bell
    Charles Huston Bell was the husband of Academy Award–winning American actress Dorothy Malone.
  • D. John F. Warren
    John F. Warren was an American cinematographer known for his work on mid-20th-century films and television productions.
  • E. George Crile
    George Crile was an American journalist and producer best known for his investigative work on U.S. foreign policy and intelligence, including the book "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • 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_69d822e4a8c08190a155df736bb7bc13 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb605f5948190ab6b20887c4b6833 completed April 14, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdf0841da48190991d5045954a32ab completed May 8, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdf1fd92948190914fe90c31ef7e15 completed May 8, 2026, 2:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdf28897308190b1deb1ad1ef8a00c completed May 8, 2026, 2:26 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.