Triple

T2522961
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rivers E55565 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Thomas Rivers (virologist)
Thomas Rivers was an influential American virologist often called the "father of modern virology" for his pioneering work in viral research and leadership at the Rockefeller Institute.
 E275953 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 Rivers (virologist) | Statement: [Rivers, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Rivers (virologist)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Rivers (virologist)
Context triple: [Rivers, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Rivers (virologist)]
  • A. William H. Foege
    William H. Foege is an American epidemiologist and former CDC director renowned for his pivotal role in developing the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox.
  • B. Thomas Gerdine
    Thomas Gerdine was an early mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Glacier Peak in Washington State.
  • C. Rita R. Colwell
    Rita R. Colwell is an American microbiologist and former director of the National Science Foundation renowned for her pioneering research on cholera and environmental microbiology.
  • D. Kenneth Hayes Miller
    Kenneth Hayes Miller was an influential American painter and teacher associated with the Ashcan School, known for his urban genre scenes and for mentoring many prominent 20th-century artists.
  • E. Richard Q. Twiss
    Richard Q. Twiss was a British physicist best known for co-discovering the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect, which laid foundational work for modern quantum optics and intensity interferometry.
  • 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 Rivers (virologist)
Triple: [Rivers, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Rivers (virologist)]
Generated description
Thomas Rivers was an influential American virologist often called the "father of modern virology" for his pioneering work in viral research and leadership at the Rockefeller Institute.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Rivers (virologist)
Target entity description: Thomas Rivers was an influential American virologist often called the "father of modern virology" for his pioneering work in viral research and leadership at the Rockefeller Institute.
  • A. William H. Foege
    William H. Foege is an American epidemiologist and former CDC director renowned for his pivotal role in developing the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox.
  • B. Thomas Gerdine
    Thomas Gerdine was an early mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Glacier Peak in Washington State.
  • C. Rita R. Colwell
    Rita R. Colwell is an American microbiologist and former director of the National Science Foundation renowned for her pioneering research on cholera and environmental microbiology.
  • D. Kenneth Hayes Miller
    Kenneth Hayes Miller was an influential American painter and teacher associated with the Ashcan School, known for his urban genre scenes and for mentoring many prominent 20th-century artists.
  • E. Richard Q. Twiss
    Richard Q. Twiss was a British physicist best known for co-discovering the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect, which laid foundational work for modern quantum optics and intensity interferometry.
  • 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_69ab49e4749c8190813311efd1630f1b completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd23a0a548190b44393e0f823f7a9 completed March 7, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af2ba96a0c819091efd6d4ccf95ea5 completed March 9, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af508c28f48190afc4aa1bc3c9adf3 completed March 9, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af5155f85081908dd4a1859d0f7907 completed March 9, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:46 p.m.