Triple

T2373523
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Terrence Sejnowski E46141 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute
The Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute is a distinguished endowed professorship in neuroscience named after DNA co-discoverer Francis Crick.
 E260032 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: Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute | Statement: [Terrence Sejnowski, positionHeld, Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute
Context triple: [Terrence Sejnowski, positionHeld, Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute]
  • A. Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is a renowned independent research institute in La Jolla, California, famous for its groundbreaking work in molecular biology and neuroscience and its iconic modernist architecture.
  • B. J.W. Kieckhefer Distinguished Research Professor at the Salk Institute
    The J.W. Kieckhefer Distinguished Research Professor at the Salk Institute is a prestigious endowed research chair once held by molecular biologist and DNA co-discoverer Francis Crick.
  • C. The Scripps Research Institute
    The Scripps Research Institute is a leading nonprofit biomedical research organization renowned for its pioneering work in chemistry, molecular biology, and related life sciences.
  • D. Francis Crick Medal and Lecture
    The Francis Crick Medal and Lecture is a prestigious Royal Society award recognizing outstanding early-career contributions to the biological sciences.
  • E. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a renowned private research institution in New York known for pioneering work in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research.
  • 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: Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute
Triple: [Terrence Sejnowski, positionHeld, Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute]
Generated description
The Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute is a distinguished endowed professorship in neuroscience named after DNA co-discoverer Francis Crick.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute
Target entity description: The Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute is a distinguished endowed professorship in neuroscience named after DNA co-discoverer Francis Crick.
  • A. Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is a renowned independent research institute in La Jolla, California, famous for its groundbreaking work in molecular biology and neuroscience and its iconic modernist architecture.
  • B. J.W. Kieckhefer Distinguished Research Professor at the Salk Institute
    The J.W. Kieckhefer Distinguished Research Professor at the Salk Institute is a prestigious endowed research chair once held by molecular biologist and DNA co-discoverer Francis Crick.
  • C. The Scripps Research Institute
    The Scripps Research Institute is a leading nonprofit biomedical research organization renowned for its pioneering work in chemistry, molecular biology, and related life sciences.
  • D. Francis Crick Medal and Lecture
    The Francis Crick Medal and Lecture is a prestigious Royal Society award recognizing outstanding early-career contributions to the biological sciences.
  • E. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a renowned private research institution in New York known for pioneering work in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research.
  • 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_69a88a145268819083e2736cb835c696 completed March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc791c4688190a4b8f0e540e84eb4 completed March 7, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aea8a8c2b88190a18dbf35d745958f completed March 9, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aea92cc66c81909a46b83200960fe2 completed March 9, 2026, 11:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aea9b8dff08190a09f0c965dfd6738 completed March 9, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:56 p.m.