Triple
T3670837
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joseph Needham |
E77874
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham
Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham was a British biochemist and pioneering historian of Chinese science and technology, best known for his monumental multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China."
|
E376858
|
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: Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham | Statement: [Joseph Needham, fullName, Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham Context triple: [Joseph Needham, fullName, Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham]
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A.
Christopher Murray Grieve
Christopher Murray Grieve was a Scottish poet, journalist, and key figure in the Scottish Renaissance, best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid.
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B.
Will Harridge
Will Harridge was an American baseball executive who served as president of the American League from 1931 to 1959.
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C.
David Campion Acheson
David Campion Acheson was an American lawyer, public servant, and author, known both for his own government service and as the son of former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
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D.
Richard G. Wilkinson
Richard G. Wilkinson is a British social epidemiologist known for his influential research on income inequality and its effects on health and social outcomes.
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E.
Jonathan Hodgkin
Jonathan Hodgkin is a British biologist and geneticist known for his research on the genetics, development, and behavior of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans.
- 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: Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham Triple: [Joseph Needham, fullName, Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham]
Generated description
Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham was a British biochemist and pioneering historian of Chinese science and technology, best known for his monumental multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham Target entity description: Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham was a British biochemist and pioneering historian of Chinese science and technology, best known for his monumental multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China."
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A.
Christopher Murray Grieve
Christopher Murray Grieve was a Scottish poet, journalist, and key figure in the Scottish Renaissance, best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid.
-
B.
Will Harridge
Will Harridge was an American baseball executive who served as president of the American League from 1931 to 1959.
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C.
David Campion Acheson
David Campion Acheson was an American lawyer, public servant, and author, known both for his own government service and as the son of former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
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D.
Richard G. Wilkinson
Richard G. Wilkinson is a British social epidemiologist known for his influential research on income inequality and its effects on health and social outcomes.
-
E.
Jonathan Hodgkin
Jonathan Hodgkin is a British biologist and geneticist known for his research on the genetics, development, and behavior of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans.
- 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_69ad85e083008190b2e1b7085fe500bd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc42c96648190abbd5d23b25d6a6b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b48850515c8190bdb9ddcfc0a13f4e |
completed | March 13, 2026, 9:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b48b55ad8081909166e7418cdf0f06 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b48e1ff9fc8190bb2559b9e55ea2b8 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 10:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.