Triple

T2974260
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject K. Barry Sharpless E80355 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Sharpless
Sharpless is the surname of K. Barry Sharpless, an American chemist renowned for his Nobel Prize–winning work in asymmetric synthesis and click chemistry.
 E316985 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: Sharpless | Statement: [K. Barry Sharpless, familyName, Sharpless]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sharpless
Context triple: [K. Barry Sharpless, familyName, Sharpless]
  • A. Barnard
    Barnard is a surname and given name of English and French origin, borne by various notable individuals and institutions.
  • B. Sandage
    Sandage is a surname most notably associated with Allan R. Sandage, a prominent American astronomer known for his work on the expansion rate and age of the universe.
  • C. Galaxie
    "Galaxie" is an alternative rock song by Blind Melon, known for its introspective lyrics and inclusion on their 1995 album "Soup."
  • D. Baade’s star
    Baade’s star is a luminous, variable star in the Andromeda Galaxy notable for its role in Walter Baade’s work refining the cosmic distance scale.
  • E. Bardeen
    Bardeen is a surname most notably associated with John Bardeen, the American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
  • 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: Sharpless
Triple: [K. Barry Sharpless, familyName, Sharpless]
Generated description
Sharpless is the surname of K. Barry Sharpless, an American chemist renowned for his Nobel Prize–winning work in asymmetric synthesis and click chemistry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sharpless
Target entity description: Sharpless is the surname of K. Barry Sharpless, an American chemist renowned for his Nobel Prize–winning work in asymmetric synthesis and click chemistry.
  • A. Barnard
    Barnard is a surname and given name of English and French origin, borne by various notable individuals and institutions.
  • B. Sandage
    Sandage is a surname most notably associated with Allan R. Sandage, a prominent American astronomer known for his work on the expansion rate and age of the universe.
  • C. Galaxie
    "Galaxie" is an alternative rock song by Blind Melon, known for its introspective lyrics and inclusion on their 1995 album "Soup."
  • D. Baade’s star
    Baade’s star is a luminous, variable star in the Andromeda Galaxy notable for its role in Walter Baade’s work refining the cosmic distance scale.
  • E. Bardeen
    Bardeen is a surname most notably associated with John Bardeen, the American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
  • 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_69ad8b14ffe881908ffed62f9595c867 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad99894bb0819099fa5cc5166c0eeb completed March 8, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b108e6a5448190ae32e6d2db8e7248 completed March 11, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b10a9ba2248190b756cb92437f49ec completed March 11, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b10bb131e48190b0982db3a9656ddc completed March 11, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:58 p.m.