Triple

T2172113
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Tsien E48448 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Thomas Südhof
Thomas Südhof is a German-American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission.
 E239319 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: Thomas Südhof | Statement: [Richard Tsien, notableStudent, Thomas Südhof]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Südhof
Context triple: [Richard Tsien, notableStudent, Thomas Südhof]
  • A. Richard Tsien
    Richard Tsien is a prominent American neuroscientist and biophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity.
  • B. Kenneth A. Jessell
    Kenneth A. Jessell is an American academic administrator and economist who serves as the president of Florida International University.
  • C. Richard Axel
    Richard Axel is an American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular biology of the sense of smell.
  • D. Terrence Sejnowski
    Terrence Sejnowski is a pioneering computational neuroscientist and machine learning researcher known for foundational contributions to neural networks and learning algorithms.
  • E. Edvard Moser
    Edvard Moser is a Norwegian neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of grid cells, which are crucial for the brain’s spatial navigation system.
  • 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: Thomas Südhof
Triple: [Richard Tsien, notableStudent, Thomas Südhof]
Generated description
Thomas Südhof is a German-American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Südhof
Target entity description: Thomas Südhof is a German-American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission.
  • A. Richard Tsien
    Richard Tsien is a prominent American neuroscientist and biophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity.
  • B. Kenneth A. Jessell
    Kenneth A. Jessell is an American academic administrator and economist who serves as the president of Florida International University.
  • C. Richard Axel
    Richard Axel is an American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular biology of the sense of smell.
  • D. Terrence Sejnowski
    Terrence Sejnowski is a pioneering computational neuroscientist and machine learning researcher known for foundational contributions to neural networks and learning algorithms.
  • E. Edvard Moser
    Edvard Moser is a Norwegian neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of grid cells, which are crucial for the brain’s spatial navigation system.
  • 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_69a88aa3faa48190995b233af6525815 completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbec98a648190907ef4c6cad916d3 completed March 7, 2026, 5:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae58f6c8c8819081a06861f6133fe9 completed March 9, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5989f054819082f36e5515bec3ca completed March 9, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5a12f11c81908cc345905f0a485e completed March 9, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.