Triple

T16101170
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Seymour Benzer E390623 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Karl Lark-Horovitz
Karl Lark-Horovitz was an Austrian-American physicist known for his contributions to solid-state physics and for mentoring influential scientists such as Seymour Benzer.
 E1259758 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: Karl Lark-Horovitz | Statement: [Seymour Benzer, doctoralAdvisor, Karl Lark-Horovitz]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Karl Lark-Horovitz
Context triple: [Seymour Benzer, doctoralAdvisor, Karl Lark-Horovitz]
  • A. Karl Weil
    Karl Weil is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Weil, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily documented.
  • B. Walter Blum
    Walter Blum is a German mathematician known for his contributions to algebra and mathematical education.
  • C. Ernest Klenk
    Ernest Klenk is the bumbling credit-card company employee who serves as the comedic protagonist in the 1963 film "The Man from the Diners' Club."
  • D. Louis Gruenberg
    Louis Gruenberg was a 20th-century American composer and pianist known for his operas, film scores, and contributions to modern classical music.
  • E. Georg Ehrlich
    Georg Ehrlich was an Austrian-born sculptor and graphic artist known for his expressive bronze figures and contributions to 20th-century European art.
  • 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: Karl Lark-Horovitz
Triple: [Seymour Benzer, doctoralAdvisor, Karl Lark-Horovitz]
Generated description
Karl Lark-Horovitz was an Austrian-American physicist known for his contributions to solid-state physics and for mentoring influential scientists such as Seymour Benzer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Karl Lark-Horovitz
Target entity description: Karl Lark-Horovitz was an Austrian-American physicist known for his contributions to solid-state physics and for mentoring influential scientists such as Seymour Benzer.
  • A. Karl Weil
    Karl Weil is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Weil, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily documented.
  • B. Walter Blum
    Walter Blum is a German mathematician known for his contributions to algebra and mathematical education.
  • C. Ernest Klenk
    Ernest Klenk is the bumbling credit-card company employee who serves as the comedic protagonist in the 1963 film "The Man from the Diners' Club."
  • D. Louis Gruenberg
    Louis Gruenberg was a 20th-century American composer and pianist known for his operas, film scores, and contributions to modern classical music.
  • E. Georg Ehrlich
    Georg Ehrlich was an Austrian-born sculptor and graphic artist known for his expressive bronze figures and contributions to 20th-century European art.
  • 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_69d87f198bc48190a8b7e53ca15b7ead completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1ff68686481909517eed4266729ca completed April 17, 2026, 9:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0179313470819090351e937ea34701 completed May 11, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01798f94948190ae8021e5d4119ca1 completed May 11, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0179e4d5148190bf8049a5e0063852 completed May 11, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.