Triple

T2955943
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marine Biological Laboratory E79930 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object C. O. Whitman
C. O. Whitman was an influential American zoologist and pioneer in experimental biology, particularly known for his work in embryology and the study of animal behavior.
E315436 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: C. O. Whitman | Statement: [Marine Biological Laboratory, founder, C. O. Whitman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. O. Whitman
Context triple: [Marine Biological Laboratory, founder, C. O. Whitman]
  • A. Alfred B. Maclay
    Alfred B. Maclay was an American financier and horticulture enthusiast whose former estate and gardens in Tallahassee, Florida, became the basis for Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park.
  • B. J. Mills Goodloe
    J. Mills Goodloe is an American screenwriter and film director known for adapting novels into romantic dramas and thrillers for Hollywood.
  • C. C. T. Wilkins
    C. T. Wilkins was an aircraft designer best known for his role in creating the British World War II de Havilland Mosquito multirole combat aircraft.
  • D. J. N. Andrews
    J. N. Andrews was a prominent 19th-century Seventh-day Adventist scholar, missionary, and theologian, recognized as one of the denomination’s earliest and most influential leaders.
  • E. C. H. Brown
    C. H. Brown was the founder of the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin, playing a key role in its early establishment and development.
  • 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: C. O. Whitman
Triple: [Marine Biological Laboratory, founder, C. O. Whitman]
Generated description
C. O. Whitman was an influential American zoologist and pioneer in experimental biology, particularly known for his work in embryology and the study of animal behavior.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. O. Whitman
Target entity description: C. O. Whitman was an influential American zoologist and pioneer in experimental biology, particularly known for his work in embryology and the study of animal behavior.
  • A. Alfred B. Maclay
    Alfred B. Maclay was an American financier and horticulture enthusiast whose former estate and gardens in Tallahassee, Florida, became the basis for Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park.
  • B. J. Mills Goodloe
    J. Mills Goodloe is an American screenwriter and film director known for adapting novels into romantic dramas and thrillers for Hollywood.
  • C. C. T. Wilkins
    C. T. Wilkins was an aircraft designer best known for his role in creating the British World War II de Havilland Mosquito multirole combat aircraft.
  • D. J. N. Andrews
    J. N. Andrews was a prominent 19th-century Seventh-day Adventist scholar, missionary, and theologian, recognized as one of the denomination’s earliest and most influential leaders.
  • E. C. H. Brown
    C. H. Brown was the founder of the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin, playing a key role in its early establishment and development.
  • 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_69ad8b1276588190a374a0b12e0f7bdf completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad99286ac8819084f02fbb0a1616d3 completed March 8, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b108dae9ac8190b72faf84e75a60c7 completed March 11, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1094328ec81909bb5ebf1def53637 completed March 11, 2026, 6:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b109cb6f208190b465b4bcbba2acd3 completed March 11, 2026, 6:20 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:57 p.m.