Triple
T3702708
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Roald Hoffmann |
E80816
|
entity |
| Predicate | academicAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William N. Lipscomb Jr.
William N. Lipscomb Jr. was an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the structure and bonding of boranes and other boron-containing compounds.
|
E383478
|
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: William N. Lipscomb Jr. | Statement: [Roald Hoffmann, academicAdvisor, William N. Lipscomb Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William N. Lipscomb Jr. Context triple: [Roald Hoffmann, academicAdvisor, William N. Lipscomb Jr.]
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A.
Eugene G. Rochow
Eugene G. Rochow was an American inorganic chemist renowned for pioneering organosilicon chemistry and the direct process for producing silicones, achievements that earned him the Priestley Medal.
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B.
Frederick Seitz
Frederick Seitz was an influential American physicist and solid-state physics pioneer who served as president of the National Academy of Sciences and Rockefeller University.
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C.
Robert Upshur Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
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D.
Ronald Breslow
Ronald Breslow was a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in biomimetic chemistry and for major contributions to organic reaction mechanisms and vitamin B₁ chemistry.
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E.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 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: William N. Lipscomb Jr. Triple: [Roald Hoffmann, academicAdvisor, William N. Lipscomb Jr.]
Generated description
William N. Lipscomb Jr. was an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the structure and bonding of boranes and other boron-containing compounds.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William N. Lipscomb Jr. Target entity description: William N. Lipscomb Jr. was an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the structure and bonding of boranes and other boron-containing compounds.
-
A.
Eugene G. Rochow
Eugene G. Rochow was an American inorganic chemist renowned for pioneering organosilicon chemistry and the direct process for producing silicones, achievements that earned him the Priestley Medal.
-
B.
Frederick Seitz
Frederick Seitz was an influential American physicist and solid-state physics pioneer who served as president of the National Academy of Sciences and Rockefeller University.
-
C.
Robert Upshur Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
-
D.
Ronald Breslow
Ronald Breslow was a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in biomimetic chemistry and for major contributions to organic reaction mechanisms and vitamin B₁ chemistry.
-
E.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 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_69ad8b1793888190a5f70e4b21dc05a1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc54925b48190b23d2a14ef825abc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4db041370819084b04e46d95ca966 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4dbbc23f08190a03ef4e4197398a4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4dcac6fdc81908998415ffe1aabaa |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:33 p.m.