Triple

T16279304
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barton–McCombie deoxygenation E395221 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Stuart W. McCombie
Stuart W. McCombie is an organic chemist best known as a co-developer and namesake of the Barton–McCombie deoxygenation reaction.
E1230479 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: Stuart W. McCombie | Statement: [Barton–McCombie deoxygenation, namedAfter, Stuart W. McCombie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stuart W. McCombie
Context triple: [Barton–McCombie deoxygenation, namedAfter, Stuart W. McCombie]
  • A. Donald R. McLennan
    Donald R. McLennan was an American insurance executive and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the global professional services firm Marsh & McLennan.
  • B. Steven G. MacLean
    Steven G. MacLean is a Canadian astronaut and physicist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and later served as president of the Canadian Space Agency.
  • C. Douglas J. Foskett
    Douglas J. Foskett was a British librarian and information scientist known for his influential work in library classification and information retrieval.
  • D. Charles J.D. Schlissel
    Charles J.D. Schlissel is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood thrillers such as "Flightplan."
  • E. Richard K. Sutherland
    Richard K. Sutherland was a senior U.S. Army officer who served as General Douglas MacArthur’s chief of staff and key strategist in the Pacific during World War II.
  • 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: Stuart W. McCombie
Triple: [Barton–McCombie deoxygenation, namedAfter, Stuart W. McCombie]
Generated description
Stuart W. McCombie is an organic chemist best known as a co-developer and namesake of the Barton–McCombie deoxygenation reaction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stuart W. McCombie
Target entity description: Stuart W. McCombie is an organic chemist best known as a co-developer and namesake of the Barton–McCombie deoxygenation reaction.
  • A. Donald R. McLennan
    Donald R. McLennan was an American insurance executive and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the global professional services firm Marsh & McLennan.
  • B. Steven G. MacLean
    Steven G. MacLean is a Canadian astronaut and physicist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and later served as president of the Canadian Space Agency.
  • C. Douglas J. Foskett
    Douglas J. Foskett was a British librarian and information scientist known for his influential work in library classification and information retrieval.
  • D. Charles J.D. Schlissel
    Charles J.D. Schlissel is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood thrillers such as "Flightplan."
  • E. Richard K. Sutherland
    Richard K. Sutherland was a senior U.S. Army officer who served as General Douglas MacArthur’s chief of staff and key strategist in the Pacific during World War II.
  • 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_69d87f22c7248190a54c949738441e2e completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e24610908c8190921e507dcb4d8250 completed April 17, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a009d25abec8190954b640b63efa0c2 completed May 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a009ee751e48190aba4628028a41ccc completed May 10, 2026, 3:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a009f51fcb0819095cd9d4bd8288af9 completed May 10, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:05 a.m.