Triple

T15532145
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard E370245 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Walter Gehring
Walter Gehring was a Swiss developmental biologist renowned for his pioneering work on homeotic genes and the genetic control of body plan formation in animals.
E1164008 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: Walter Gehring | Statement: [Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, doctoralAdvisor, Walter Gehring]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Gehring
Context triple: [Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, doctoralAdvisor, Walter Gehring]
  • A. Mark Ptashne
    Mark Ptashne is an American molecular biologist renowned for his pioneering work on gene regulation and the discovery of how transcription factors control gene expression in phage and eukaryotic systems.
  • B. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
    Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a German developmental biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for her pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development in Drosophila.
  • C. Eric F. Wieschaus
    Eric F. Wieschaus is an American developmental biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering genetic studies of embryonic development in the fruit fly Drosophila.
  • D. Sydney Brenner
    Sydney Brenner was a pioneering South African biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his foundational work in molecular biology and the use of C. elegans as a model organism.
  • E. Rudolf Jaenisch
    Rudolf Jaenisch is a pioneering molecular biologist known for his groundbreaking work in transgenic animals, epigenetics, and stem cell research.
  • 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: Walter Gehring
Triple: [Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, doctoralAdvisor, Walter Gehring]
Generated description
Walter Gehring was a Swiss developmental biologist renowned for his pioneering work on homeotic genes and the genetic control of body plan formation in animals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Gehring
Target entity description: Walter Gehring was a Swiss developmental biologist renowned for his pioneering work on homeotic genes and the genetic control of body plan formation in animals.
  • A. Mark Ptashne
    Mark Ptashne is an American molecular biologist renowned for his pioneering work on gene regulation and the discovery of how transcription factors control gene expression in phage and eukaryotic systems.
  • B. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
    Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a German developmental biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for her pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development in Drosophila.
  • C. Eric F. Wieschaus
    Eric F. Wieschaus is an American developmental biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering genetic studies of embryonic development in the fruit fly Drosophila.
  • D. Sydney Brenner
    Sydney Brenner was a pioneering South African biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his foundational work in molecular biology and the use of C. elegans as a model organism.
  • E. Rudolf Jaenisch
    Rudolf Jaenisch is a pioneering molecular biologist known for his groundbreaking work in transgenic animals, epigenetics, and stem cell research.
  • 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_69d85cc521a08190921fb50319dddc34 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0414877d88190804ee76566004e13 completed April 16, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff45549e4881908ab0769e49ba5dc4 completed May 9, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff470492f48190852ede832157ed10 completed May 9, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff47e5647c81909b785a1212c4bc50 completed May 9, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:06 a.m.