Triple

T2710966
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Basel E59857 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object Friedrich Miescher
Friedrich Miescher was a Swiss physician and biologist best known for discovering nucleic acids (which he called "nuclein"), laying the groundwork for modern molecular biology.
E289375 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: Friedrich Miescher | Statement: [University of Basel, hasNotableAlumnus, Friedrich Miescher]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Friedrich Miescher
Context triple: [University of Basel, hasNotableAlumnus, Friedrich Miescher]
  • A. Eduard Buchner
    Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work on cell-free fermentation, which helped establish biochemistry as a distinct scientific discipline.
  • B. Heinrich von Liebieg
    Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
  • C. Ernest Fleischmann
    Ernest Fleischmann was a prominent arts administrator and impresario best known for transforming the Los Angeles Philharmonic into a major international orchestra and reshaping the cultural landscape of Los Angeles.
  • D. Max Delbrück
    Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
  • E. Heinrich Anton de Bary
    Heinrich Anton de Bary was a pioneering 19th-century German botanist and mycologist, widely regarded as the founder of modern plant pathology and the study of symbiosis.
  • 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: Friedrich Miescher
Triple: [University of Basel, hasNotableAlumnus, Friedrich Miescher]
Generated description
Friedrich Miescher was a Swiss physician and biologist best known for discovering nucleic acids (which he called "nuclein"), laying the groundwork for modern molecular biology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Friedrich Miescher
Target entity description: Friedrich Miescher was a Swiss physician and biologist best known for discovering nucleic acids (which he called "nuclein"), laying the groundwork for modern molecular biology.
  • A. Eduard Buchner
    Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work on cell-free fermentation, which helped establish biochemistry as a distinct scientific discipline.
  • B. Heinrich von Liebieg
    Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
  • C. Ernest Fleischmann
    Ernest Fleischmann was a prominent arts administrator and impresario best known for transforming the Los Angeles Philharmonic into a major international orchestra and reshaping the cultural landscape of Los Angeles.
  • D. Max Delbrück
    Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
  • E. Heinrich Anton de Bary
    Heinrich Anton de Bary was a pioneering 19th-century German botanist and mycologist, widely regarded as the founder of modern plant pathology and the study of symbiosis.
  • 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_69ab4ac92a088190bc74bca14038e3de completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abda78c4f08190bb1217f08198c4cc completed March 7, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afaf820e6c8190bc37219eadd57e86 completed March 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afb00441f48190885258dc4fca623e completed March 10, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afb060af508190b8558a66e883b687 completed March 10, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.