Triple

T15837137
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Eccles E384012 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Physiology of Synapses
The Physiology of Synapses is a seminal scientific monograph by neurophysiologist John Eccles that systematically explores the mechanisms of synaptic transmission in the nervous system.
 E1181732 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: The Physiology of Synapses | Statement: [John Eccles, notableWork, The Physiology of Synapses]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Physiology of Synapses
Context triple: [John Eccles, notableWork, The Physiology of Synapses]
  • A. The Physiology of Nerve Cells
    The Physiology of Nerve Cells is a seminal scientific work by neurophysiologist John Eccles that explores the cellular and biophysical mechanisms underlying nerve cell function and synaptic transmission.
  • B. Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons
    Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons is a seminal book that rigorously explains how individual neurons perform complex information processing using biophysical and computational principles.
  • C. all-or-none principle in nerve excitation
    The all-or-none principle in nerve excitation is the physiological rule that a nerve fiber, once stimulated beyond a certain threshold, responds with a full, uniform action potential rather than a graded response.
  • D. The Journal of Neuroscience
    The Journal of Neuroscience is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the nervous system, including molecular, cellular, developmental, behavioral, and cognitive neuroscience.
  • E. The Computational Brain
    The Computational Brain is an influential book that explores how principles of computation and neural networks can explain brain function and cognition.
  • 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: The Physiology of Synapses
Triple: [John Eccles, notableWork, The Physiology of Synapses]
Generated description
The Physiology of Synapses is a seminal scientific monograph by neurophysiologist John Eccles that systematically explores the mechanisms of synaptic transmission in the nervous system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Physiology of Synapses
Target entity description: The Physiology of Synapses is a seminal scientific monograph by neurophysiologist John Eccles that systematically explores the mechanisms of synaptic transmission in the nervous system.
  • A. The Physiology of Nerve Cells
    The Physiology of Nerve Cells is a seminal scientific work by neurophysiologist John Eccles that explores the cellular and biophysical mechanisms underlying nerve cell function and synaptic transmission.
  • B. Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons
    Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons is a seminal book that rigorously explains how individual neurons perform complex information processing using biophysical and computational principles.
  • C. all-or-none principle in nerve excitation
    The all-or-none principle in nerve excitation is the physiological rule that a nerve fiber, once stimulated beyond a certain threshold, responds with a full, uniform action potential rather than a graded response.
  • D. The Journal of Neuroscience
    The Journal of Neuroscience is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the nervous system, including molecular, cellular, developmental, behavioral, and cognitive neuroscience.
  • E. The Computational Brain
    The Computational Brain is an influential book that explores how principles of computation and neural networks can explain brain function and cognition.
  • 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_69d86da34c888190976e06c4019d415a completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e142e1fcd48190bcb884f6c65db847 completed April 16, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffa93ddce4819086174b2549f5e12b completed May 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffa9e9b17c8190b98d930fd5cb0723 completed May 9, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffaa973274819080889e1b9883b8dc completed May 9, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:49 a.m.