Triple

T1536053
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kennedy–Thorndike experiment E32550 entity
Predicate designedBy P184 FINISHED
Object Edward M. Thorndike
Edward M. Thorndike was an influential American psychologist and educational researcher best known for his work on animal learning, the law of effect, and the early development of educational psychology.
E127054 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: Edward M. Thorndike | Statement: [Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, designedBy, Edward M. Thorndike]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward M. Thorndike
Context triple: [Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, designedBy, Edward M. Thorndike]
  • A. Edward L. Thorndike
    Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
  • B. John B. Watson
    John B. Watson was an American psychologist who founded the school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior over introspection.
  • C. James McKeen Cattell
    James McKeen Cattell was an influential American psychologist and early psychometrician who helped establish experimental psychology and mental testing in the United States.
  • D. Edward Bradford Titchener
    Edward Bradford Titchener was a British-born psychologist who became a leading figure in early experimental psychology and is best known for developing the school of structuralism in the United States.
  • E. Kurt Koffka
    Kurt Koffka was a German psychologist and one of the founders of Gestalt psychology, known for his work on perception, learning, and developmental psychology.
  • 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: Edward M. Thorndike
Triple: [Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, designedBy, Edward M. Thorndike]
Generated description
Edward M. Thorndike was an influential American psychologist and educational researcher best known for his work on animal learning, the law of effect, and the early development of educational psychology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward M. Thorndike
Target entity description: Edward M. Thorndike was an influential American psychologist and educational researcher best known for his work on animal learning, the law of effect, and the early development of educational psychology.
  • A. Edward L. Thorndike chosen
    Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
  • B. John B. Watson
    John B. Watson was an American psychologist who founded the school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior over introspection.
  • C. James McKeen Cattell
    James McKeen Cattell was an influential American psychologist and early psychometrician who helped establish experimental psychology and mental testing in the United States.
  • D. Edward Bradford Titchener
    Edward Bradford Titchener was a British-born psychologist who became a leading figure in early experimental psychology and is best known for developing the school of structuralism in the United States.
  • E. Kurt Koffka
    Kurt Koffka was a German psychologist and one of the founders of Gestalt psychology, known for his work on perception, learning, and developmental psychology.
  • 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_69a885ea86308190998f6bc14bb91f8e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90829e60081909d3f9f79585e080e completed March 5, 2026, 4:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad30942dc481908de85bd2ca30c0bd completed March 8, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad3104afe88190a8d783dd38d4f2fd completed March 8, 2026, 8:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad31a17f5c8190b0d56b449f79cca5 completed March 8, 2026, 8:21 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.