Triple

T17293017
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Martin Raff E419834 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Keith Roberts
Keith Roberts is a biologist and author known for his contributions to cell biology and molecular biology textbooks, including collaborative works with Martin Raff.
E1259801 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: Keith Roberts | Statement: [Martin Raff, coAuthor, Keith Roberts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Keith Roberts
Context triple: [Martin Raff, coAuthor, Keith Roberts]
  • A. Kenneth A. Roberts
    Kenneth A. Roberts was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Alabama in the mid-20th century.
  • B. Russell Patterson
    Russell Patterson is an American conductor best known for his leadership roles with major U.S. orchestras, including serving as music director of the Kansas City Symphony.
  • C. Patrick Wendell
    Patrick Wendell is a co-founder of Databricks and a key contributor to the Apache Spark ecosystem.
  • D. Rand Brooks
    Rand Brooks was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic Hollywood productions such as "Gone with the Wind" and numerous Westerns.
  • E. E. Stanley Crawford
    E. Stanley Crawford was a prominent American cardiovascular surgeon and academic known for his pioneering work in aortic surgery and contributions to vascular and thoracic surgical techniques.
  • 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: Keith Roberts
Triple: [Martin Raff, coAuthor, Keith Roberts]
Generated description
Keith Roberts is a biologist and author known for his contributions to cell biology and molecular biology textbooks, including collaborative works with Martin Raff.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Keith Roberts
Target entity description: Keith Roberts is a biologist and author known for his contributions to cell biology and molecular biology textbooks, including collaborative works with Martin Raff.
  • A. Kenneth A. Roberts
    Kenneth A. Roberts was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Alabama in the mid-20th century.
  • B. Russell Patterson
    Russell Patterson is an American conductor best known for his leadership roles with major U.S. orchestras, including serving as music director of the Kansas City Symphony.
  • C. Patrick Wendell
    Patrick Wendell is a co-founder of Databricks and a key contributor to the Apache Spark ecosystem.
  • D. Rand Brooks
    Rand Brooks was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic Hollywood productions such as "Gone with the Wind" and numerous Westerns.
  • E. E. Stanley Crawford
    E. Stanley Crawford was a prominent American cardiovascular surgeon and academic known for his pioneering work in aortic surgery and contributions to vascular and thoracic surgical techniques.
  • 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_69d886db32608190a61e18862c5a8af6 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e43785383881908ec61ddf5e2193cf completed April 19, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01795b0c5881909b304e556986d504 completed May 11, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0179b89744819095cdae1831c38d10 completed May 11, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a017a0d6b848190bd306cf2f588543d completed May 11, 2026, 6:41 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:40 a.m.