Triple

T2150945
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shibasaburo Kitasato E47178 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Kitasato
Kitasato is a Japanese surname most notably associated with pioneering bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato.
E243464 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: Kitasato | Statement: [Shibasaburo Kitasato, familyName, Kitasato]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kitasato
Context triple: [Shibasaburo Kitasato, familyName, Kitasato]
  • A. Tanaka
    Tanaka is a common Japanese surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
  • B. Takamado
    Takamado is a Japanese imperial family name most prominently associated with the late Prince Takamado and his descendants, a branch of Japan’s royal household.
  • C. Satō
    Satō is a common Japanese surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
  • D. Yamamoto
    Yamamoto is a Japanese surname most famously associated with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
  • E. Nishiwaki
    Nishiwaki is a city in central Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known for its location near the geographic center of the country and its mix of industrial and rural landscapes.
  • 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: Kitasato
Triple: [Shibasaburo Kitasato, familyName, Kitasato]
Generated description
Kitasato is a Japanese surname most notably associated with pioneering bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kitasato
Target entity description: Kitasato is a Japanese surname most notably associated with pioneering bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato.
  • A. Tanaka
    Tanaka is a common Japanese surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
  • B. Takamado
    Takamado is a Japanese imperial family name most prominently associated with the late Prince Takamado and his descendants, a branch of Japan’s royal household.
  • C. Satō
    Satō is a common Japanese surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
  • D. Yamamoto
    Yamamoto is a Japanese surname most famously associated with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
  • E. Nishiwaki
    Nishiwaki is a city in central Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known for its location near the geographic center of the country and its mix of industrial and rural landscapes.
  • 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_69ae5d940bec8190998ef88ed44e5811 completed March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae615a4ccc8190845b952892fe647a completed March 9, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae61aab87c8190bb81b475f3a038f8 completed March 9, 2026, 5:59 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.