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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.