Triple

T2150944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shibasaburo Kitasato E47178 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Shibasaburo
Shibasaburo is a Japanese given name most famously borne by the pioneering bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato, a co-discoverer of the plague bacillus.
E238738 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: Shibasaburo | Statement: [Shibasaburo Kitasato, givenName, Shibasaburo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shibasaburo
Context triple: [Shibasaburo Kitasato, givenName, Shibasaburo]
  • A. Seikichi
    Seikichi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
  • B. Hatazō Adachi
    Hatazō Adachi was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, best known for commanding forces in the Pacific theater.
  • C. Hyakutake Seikichi
    Hyakutake Seikichi was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who played a significant role during World War II.
  • D. Masaru Ibuka
    Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Sony Corporation and a pioneer of Japan’s postwar consumer electronics industry.
  • E. Rikichi Tsukada
    Rikichi Tsukada was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army who led Japanese forces during World War II, including in the later stages of the Pacific War.
  • 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: Shibasaburo
Triple: [Shibasaburo Kitasato, givenName, Shibasaburo]
Generated description
Shibasaburo is a Japanese given name most famously borne by the pioneering bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato, a co-discoverer of the plague bacillus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shibasaburo
Target entity description: Shibasaburo is a Japanese given name most famously borne by the pioneering bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato, a co-discoverer of the plague bacillus.
  • A. Seikichi
    Seikichi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
  • B. Hatazō Adachi
    Hatazō Adachi was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, best known for commanding forces in the Pacific theater.
  • C. Hyakutake Seikichi
    Hyakutake Seikichi was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who played a significant role during World War II.
  • D. Masaru Ibuka
    Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Sony Corporation and a pioneer of Japan’s postwar consumer electronics industry.
  • E. Rikichi Tsukada
    Rikichi Tsukada was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army who led Japanese forces during World War II, including in the later stages of the Pacific War.
  • 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_69a88a1933e0819094f18426ed74180f completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbe4747a0819080e2234f3ea8995f completed March 7, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae58dedd3c8190a876819616903392 completed March 9, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae59cf88688190a1d963855a643cde completed March 9, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5a3079b08190ba25a44d4041f687 completed March 9, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.