Triple

T17293026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Martin Raff E419834 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Ben Barres
Ben Barres was a pioneering American neurobiologist known for his groundbreaking research on glial cells and for being a prominent transgender scientist and advocate for gender equality in science.
E1259803 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: Ben Barres | Statement: [Martin Raff, notableStudent, Ben Barres]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Barres
Context triple: [Martin Raff, notableStudent, Ben Barres]
  • A. Fred Gage
    Fred Gage is an American neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work demonstrating that the adult human brain can generate new neurons, fundamentally reshaping understanding of brain plasticity.
  • B. Robert Malenka
    Robert Malenka is an American neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on synaptic plasticity and the cellular mechanisms underlying learning, memory, and psychiatric disorders.
  • C. Kenneth A. Jessell
    Kenneth A. Jessell is an American academic administrator and economist who serves as the president of Florida International University.
  • D. Timothy Jessell
    Timothy Jessell is an American entertainment lawyer best known as the husband of renowned soprano Renée Fleming.
  • E. Ned Kandel
    Ned Kandel is a television producer and writer best known as a co-creator of the horror anthology series "Are You Afraid of the Dark?".
  • 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: Ben Barres
Triple: [Martin Raff, notableStudent, Ben Barres]
Generated description
Ben Barres was a pioneering American neurobiologist known for his groundbreaking research on glial cells and for being a prominent transgender scientist and advocate for gender equality in science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Barres
Target entity description: Ben Barres was a pioneering American neurobiologist known for his groundbreaking research on glial cells and for being a prominent transgender scientist and advocate for gender equality in science.
  • A. Fred Gage
    Fred Gage is an American neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work demonstrating that the adult human brain can generate new neurons, fundamentally reshaping understanding of brain plasticity.
  • B. Robert Malenka
    Robert Malenka is an American neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on synaptic plasticity and the cellular mechanisms underlying learning, memory, and psychiatric disorders.
  • C. Kenneth A. Jessell
    Kenneth A. Jessell is an American academic administrator and economist who serves as the president of Florida International University.
  • D. Timothy Jessell
    Timothy Jessell is an American entertainment lawyer best known as the husband of renowned soprano Renée Fleming.
  • E. Ned Kandel
    Ned Kandel is a television producer and writer best known as a co-creator of the horror anthology series "Are You Afraid of the Dark?".
  • 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.