Triple
T16794881
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Beckman Coulter |
E408206
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entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Wallace Coulter
Wallace Coulter was an American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur best known for developing the Coulter Principle for counting and sizing microscopic particles and for co-founding the medical diagnostics company Beckman Coulter.
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E1233253
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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: Wallace Coulter | Statement: [Beckman Coulter, foundedBy, Wallace Coulter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wallace Coulter Context triple: [Beckman Coulter, foundedBy, Wallace Coulter]
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A.
Charles Walters
Charles Walters was an American film director and choreographer best known for his work on classic MGM musicals in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Richard Bower
Richard Bower was a 16th-century English musician and court official who directed and trained the boy choristers of the Chapel Royal under the Tudor monarchs.
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C.
Nicholas Wootton
Nicholas Wootton is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on crime and drama series such as "NYPD Blue" and "Law & Order."
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D.
Willis Davidge
Willis Davidge is a human starfighter pilot and central character in the science fiction film "Enemy Mine," known for forming an unlikely friendship with an alien named Jeriba Shigan after they are stranded together on a hostile planet.
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E.
David E. Talbert
David E. Talbert is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker known for his romantic comedies and stage-to-screen adaptations.
- 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: Wallace Coulter Triple: [Beckman Coulter, foundedBy, Wallace Coulter]
Generated description
Wallace Coulter was an American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur best known for developing the Coulter Principle for counting and sizing microscopic particles and for co-founding the medical diagnostics company Beckman Coulter.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wallace Coulter Target entity description: Wallace Coulter was an American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur best known for developing the Coulter Principle for counting and sizing microscopic particles and for co-founding the medical diagnostics company Beckman Coulter.
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A.
Charles Walters
Charles Walters was an American film director and choreographer best known for his work on classic MGM musicals in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Richard Bower
Richard Bower was a 16th-century English musician and court official who directed and trained the boy choristers of the Chapel Royal under the Tudor monarchs.
-
C.
Nicholas Wootton
Nicholas Wootton is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on crime and drama series such as "NYPD Blue" and "Law & Order."
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D.
Willis Davidge
Willis Davidge is a human starfighter pilot and central character in the science fiction film "Enemy Mine," known for forming an unlikely friendship with an alien named Jeriba Shigan after they are stranded together on a hostile planet.
-
E.
David E. Talbert
David E. Talbert is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker known for his romantic comedies and stage-to-screen adaptations.
- 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_69d88393905081908d00a86b99996ac8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3b2a96d888190a9876c3784bb7f95 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00ab0e1e9c8190bb2ef0825b25f6e5 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00ac1d18c08190969108e567d6eced |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00acc658f881908db64ebfa5a86f84 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:22 a.m.