Triple

T16931424
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mellanby Hall, University of Ibadan E410716 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Kenneth Mellanby
Kenneth Mellanby was a British biologist and entomologist known for his pioneering research on insect physiology and his role in developing DDT-based control of insect-borne diseases.
E1241477 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: Kenneth Mellanby | Statement: [Mellanby Hall, University of Ibadan, namedAfter, Kenneth Mellanby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Mellanby
Context triple: [Mellanby Hall, University of Ibadan, namedAfter, Kenneth Mellanby]
  • A. John Boyd Orr
    John Boyd Orr was a Scottish physician, biologist, and politician best known for his pioneering work in nutrition and as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • B. Elmer McCollum
    Elmer McCollum was an American biochemist best known for discovering vitamins A and B and helping to establish the field of nutritional science.
  • C. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
    Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering essential nutrients later known as vitamins and for pioneering the field of nutritional biochemistry.
  • D. Alexander Cowper Hutchison
    Alexander Cowper Hutchison was a 19th-century Canadian sculptor known for his public monuments and architectural sculpture in Montreal.
  • E. Alexander Cowper Hutchison
    Alexander Cowper Hutchison was a prominent 19th-century Canadian architect known for designing significant public and institutional buildings in Montreal.
  • 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: Kenneth Mellanby
Triple: [Mellanby Hall, University of Ibadan, namedAfter, Kenneth Mellanby]
Generated description
Kenneth Mellanby was a British biologist and entomologist known for his pioneering research on insect physiology and his role in developing DDT-based control of insect-borne diseases.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Mellanby
Target entity description: Kenneth Mellanby was a British biologist and entomologist known for his pioneering research on insect physiology and his role in developing DDT-based control of insect-borne diseases.
  • A. John Boyd Orr
    John Boyd Orr was a Scottish physician, biologist, and politician best known for his pioneering work in nutrition and as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • B. Elmer McCollum
    Elmer McCollum was an American biochemist best known for discovering vitamins A and B and helping to establish the field of nutritional science.
  • C. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
    Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering essential nutrients later known as vitamins and for pioneering the field of nutritional biochemistry.
  • D. Alexander Cowper Hutchison
    Alexander Cowper Hutchison was a 19th-century Canadian sculptor known for his public monuments and architectural sculpture in Montreal.
  • E. Alexander Cowper Hutchison
    Alexander Cowper Hutchison was a prominent 19th-century Canadian architect known for designing significant public and institutional buildings in Montreal.
  • 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_69d886c886688190967be07322597ac9 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3cf25a6dc8190a2b9d9c4d2adc5fd completed April 18, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00cfdeb7a88190aac21a8645607dc8 completed May 10, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00d0a0852c8190991af93d50fa2216 completed May 10, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00d14b83d88190b3dbc124d5b33029 completed May 10, 2026, 6:41 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.