Triple
T2941737
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Maurice Wilkins |
E79401
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Randall
John Randall was a British physicist and biophysicist known for his leadership in molecular biology research at King's College London, where crucial work on the structure of DNA was carried out.
|
E314457
|
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: John Randall | Statement: [Maurice Wilkins, doctoralAdvisor, John Randall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Randall Context triple: [Maurice Wilkins, doctoralAdvisor, John Randall]
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A.
Robert Leighton
Robert Leighton is a film editor known for his work on notable movies including the baseball romantic comedy "Bull Durham."
-
B.
Mark Oliphant
Mark Oliphant was an Australian physicist and pioneer in nuclear physics who played a key role in early atomic research and the development of radar and particle accelerators.
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C.
Tom Kibble
Tom Kibble was a British theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work on spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Higgs mechanism in particle physics.
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D.
Geoffrey Smith
Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
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E.
W. E. Windus
W. E. Windus was a British publisher best known as a co-founder of the London publishing house Chatto & Windus.
- 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: John Randall Triple: [Maurice Wilkins, doctoralAdvisor, John Randall]
Generated description
John Randall was a British physicist and biophysicist known for his leadership in molecular biology research at King's College London, where crucial work on the structure of DNA was carried out.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Randall Target entity description: John Randall was a British physicist and biophysicist known for his leadership in molecular biology research at King's College London, where crucial work on the structure of DNA was carried out.
-
A.
Robert Leighton
Robert Leighton is a film editor known for his work on notable movies including the baseball romantic comedy "Bull Durham."
-
B.
Mark Oliphant
Mark Oliphant was an Australian physicist and pioneer in nuclear physics who played a key role in early atomic research and the development of radar and particle accelerators.
-
C.
Tom Kibble
Tom Kibble was a British theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work on spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Higgs mechanism in particle physics.
-
D.
Geoffrey Smith
Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
-
E.
W. E. Windus
W. E. Windus was a British publisher best known as a co-founder of the London publishing house Chatto & Windus.
- 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_69ad8b1089588190b74d9e2505e45762 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9870e5d08190b3b277ba823fe6a1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b0fc7063dc819086ae9280d060313e |
completed | March 11, 2026, 5:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b0fd07b82881908d52ab2db2f2e54c |
completed | March 11, 2026, 5:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b0fdba0fd88190a2e760f1770e846c |
completed | March 11, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:56 p.m.