Triple
T2267689
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Abraham Flexner |
E50184
|
entity |
| Predicate | sibling |
P363
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Simon Flexner
Simon Flexner was an influential American physician, pathologist, and bacteriologist known for his leadership at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and his work on infectious diseases such as meningitis.
|
E252265
|
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: Simon Flexner | Statement: [Abraham Flexner, sibling, Simon Flexner]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon Flexner Context triple: [Abraham Flexner, sibling, Simon Flexner]
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A.
Abraham Flexner
Abraham Flexner was an American educator and reformer best known for his influential critique of medical education and for helping to shape modern research institutions in the United States.
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B.
Alfred A. Cohn
Alfred A. Cohn was an American screenwriter and title writer of the silent and early sound film era, best known for his work on influential films such as The Jazz Singer.
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C.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
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D.
Philip G. Epstein
Philip G. Epstein was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1942 film "Casablanca," for which he won an Academy Award.
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E.
George Engel
George Engel was a German-American labor activist and anarchist who was executed following the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
- 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: Simon Flexner Triple: [Abraham Flexner, sibling, Simon Flexner]
Generated description
Simon Flexner was an influential American physician, pathologist, and bacteriologist known for his leadership at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and his work on infectious diseases such as meningitis.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon Flexner Target entity description: Simon Flexner was an influential American physician, pathologist, and bacteriologist known for his leadership at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and his work on infectious diseases such as meningitis.
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A.
Abraham Flexner
Abraham Flexner was an American educator and reformer best known for his influential critique of medical education and for helping to shape modern research institutions in the United States.
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B.
Alfred A. Cohn
Alfred A. Cohn was an American screenwriter and title writer of the silent and early sound film era, best known for his work on influential films such as The Jazz Singer.
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C.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
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D.
Philip G. Epstein
Philip G. Epstein was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1942 film "Casablanca," for which he won an Academy Award.
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E.
George Engel
George Engel was a German-American labor activist and anarchist who was executed following the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
- 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_69a88b01e0048190ba96431b5f990ba9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc1bbb49c8190822c7d809375e879 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7f0bb4d08190b7fa8815d691bdbb |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae7fc194488190bb71124f0225a521 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae802d03648190a71303daf20e6162 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:09 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.