Triple

T3933612
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Desmond Bernal E90854 entity
Predicate fieldOfWork P3 FINISHED
Object X-ray crystallography
X-ray crystallography is an experimental technique that determines the atomic and molecular structure of crystalline materials by analyzing the pattern of X-rays diffracted through their crystal lattice.
 E399656 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: X-ray crystallography | Statement: [John Desmond Bernal, fieldOfWork, X-ray crystallography]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: X-ray crystallography
Context triple: [John Desmond Bernal, fieldOfWork, X-ray crystallography]
  • A. X-rays and Crystal Structure
    "X-rays and Crystal Structure" is a foundational scientific work by Lawrence Bragg that explains how X-ray diffraction can be used to determine the atomic structure of crystals.
  • B. X-ray diffraction images of DNA
    X-ray diffraction images of DNA are high-resolution photographic patterns that revealed the helical structure of DNA and were crucial in determining its double-helix model.
  • C. Acta Crystallographica Section D
    Acta Crystallographica Section D is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on biological crystallography, including the structure determination and analysis of biological macromolecules.
  • D. Crystallographic Information Framework
    The Crystallographic Information Framework is a standardized data format and ontology used worldwide for representing, exchanging, and archiving crystallographic and related structural science data.
  • E. Acta Crystallographica Section F
    Acta Crystallographica Section F is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on rapid publication of structural biology and crystallography research, particularly macromolecular crystal structures and related methods.
  • 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: X-ray crystallography
Triple: [John Desmond Bernal, fieldOfWork, X-ray crystallography]
Generated description
X-ray crystallography is an experimental technique that determines the atomic and molecular structure of crystalline materials by analyzing the pattern of X-rays diffracted through their crystal lattice.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: X-ray crystallography
Target entity description: X-ray crystallography is an experimental technique that determines the atomic and molecular structure of crystalline materials by analyzing the pattern of X-rays diffracted through their crystal lattice.
  • A. X-rays and Crystal Structure
    "X-rays and Crystal Structure" is a foundational scientific work by Lawrence Bragg that explains how X-ray diffraction can be used to determine the atomic structure of crystals.
  • B. X-ray diffraction images of DNA
    X-ray diffraction images of DNA are high-resolution photographic patterns that revealed the helical structure of DNA and were crucial in determining its double-helix model.
  • C. Acta Crystallographica Section D
    Acta Crystallographica Section D is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on biological crystallography, including the structure determination and analysis of biological macromolecules.
  • D. Crystallographic Information Framework
    The Crystallographic Information Framework is a standardized data format and ontology used worldwide for representing, exchanging, and archiving crystallographic and related structural science data.
  • E. Acta Crystallographica Section F
    Acta Crystallographica Section F is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on rapid publication of structural biology and crystallography research, particularly macromolecular crystal structures and related methods.
  • 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_69aed95f26e0819094b0e71974543a19 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeedcab1808190bf653f29062cdddb completed March 9, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b52887d4a48190b51df3f51ff197c0 completed March 14, 2026, 9:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b529a1486881908ff348558199232b completed March 14, 2026, 9:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b52a43c6f081908366d9848728f98a completed March 14, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:23 p.m.