Triple

T3870070
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Molecular Biology of the Gene E91960 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Richard Losick
Richard Losick is an American molecular biologist renowned for his research on bacterial development and gene regulation, particularly in Bacillus subtilis.
E396463 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: Richard Losick | Statement: [Molecular Biology of the Gene, author, Richard Losick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Losick
Context triple: [Molecular Biology of the Gene, author, Richard Losick]
  • A. Mark Ptashne
    Mark Ptashne is an American molecular biologist renowned for his pioneering work on gene regulation and the discovery of how transcription factors control gene expression in phage and eukaryotic systems.
  • B. Phillip A. Sharp
    Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of RNA splicing and his long-standing research and leadership at MIT.
  • C. Thomas Gerdine
    Thomas Gerdine was an early mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Glacier Peak in Washington State.
  • D. Stuart L. Schreiber
    Stuart L. Schreiber is an influential American chemist renowned for pioneering work in chemical biology and diversity-oriented synthesis, which has profoundly impacted drug discovery and biological research.
  • E. Joan A. Steitz
    Joan A. Steitz is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work on RNA biology and the discovery of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) involved in RNA splicing.
  • 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: Richard Losick
Triple: [Molecular Biology of the Gene, author, Richard Losick]
Generated description
Richard Losick is an American molecular biologist renowned for his research on bacterial development and gene regulation, particularly in Bacillus subtilis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Losick
Target entity description: Richard Losick is an American molecular biologist renowned for his research on bacterial development and gene regulation, particularly in Bacillus subtilis.
  • A. Mark Ptashne
    Mark Ptashne is an American molecular biologist renowned for his pioneering work on gene regulation and the discovery of how transcription factors control gene expression in phage and eukaryotic systems.
  • B. Phillip A. Sharp
    Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of RNA splicing and his long-standing research and leadership at MIT.
  • C. Thomas Gerdine
    Thomas Gerdine was an early mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Glacier Peak in Washington State.
  • D. Stuart L. Schreiber
    Stuart L. Schreiber is an influential American chemist renowned for pioneering work in chemical biology and diversity-oriented synthesis, which has profoundly impacted drug discovery and biological research.
  • E. Joan A. Steitz
    Joan A. Steitz is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work on RNA biology and the discovery of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) involved in RNA splicing.
  • 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_69aed9645f348190a9868e7cef56ab7e completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec533828819080f52dae15fdbecd completed March 9, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b51c83512c81908db2e442b7d2aca0 completed March 14, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b51cf79be481909f4749c86b41ee00 completed March 14, 2026, 8:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b51d73ecd48190881c15ff6e0daea0 completed March 14, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.