Triple

T4653737
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johannes Müller E102357 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Theodor Schwann
Theodor Schwann was a German physiologist best known as a founder of cell theory and for discovering Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system.
E457269 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: Theodor Schwann | Statement: [Johannes Müller, influenced, Theodor Schwann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodor Schwann
Context triple: [Johannes Müller, influenced, Theodor Schwann]
  • A. Ferdinand Cohn
    Ferdinand Cohn was a pioneering 19th-century German biologist and one of the founders of modern bacteriology, known for his groundbreaking work on bacterial classification and physiology.
  • B. Heinrich Anton de Bary
    Heinrich Anton de Bary was a pioneering 19th-century German botanist and mycologist, widely regarded as the founder of modern plant pathology and the study of symbiosis.
  • C. Claude Bernard
    Claude Bernard was a pioneering 19th-century French physiologist regarded as one of the founders of experimental medicine and modern physiology.
  • D. Johannes Müller
    Johannes Müller was a pioneering 19th-century German physiologist whose work helped establish modern experimental physiology and deeply influenced a generation of scientists.
  • E. Rudolf Virchow
    Rudolf Virchow was a pioneering 19th-century German physician and pathologist, often called the "father of modern pathology," known for his work on cellular theory, public health, and social medicine.
  • 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: Theodor Schwann
Triple: [Johannes Müller, influenced, Theodor Schwann]
Generated description
Theodor Schwann was a German physiologist best known as a founder of cell theory and for discovering Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodor Schwann
Target entity description: Theodor Schwann was a German physiologist best known as a founder of cell theory and for discovering Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system.
  • A. Ferdinand Cohn
    Ferdinand Cohn was a pioneering 19th-century German biologist and one of the founders of modern bacteriology, known for his groundbreaking work on bacterial classification and physiology.
  • B. Heinrich Anton de Bary
    Heinrich Anton de Bary was a pioneering 19th-century German botanist and mycologist, widely regarded as the founder of modern plant pathology and the study of symbiosis.
  • C. Claude Bernard
    Claude Bernard was a pioneering 19th-century French physiologist regarded as one of the founders of experimental medicine and modern physiology.
  • D. Johannes Müller
    Johannes Müller was a pioneering 19th-century German physiologist whose work helped establish modern experimental physiology and deeply influenced a generation of scientists.
  • E. Rudolf Virchow
    Rudolf Virchow was a pioneering 19th-century German physician and pathologist, often called the "father of modern pathology," known for his work on cellular theory, public health, and social medicine.
  • 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_69bd43d71a308190afea7280841b0de8 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd631623d881908a59dafa7702af54 completed March 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfaef125c819097d79f25608302dc completed March 21, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfc0964c881909e6b98a1c8ea747f completed March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfce1be788190ae3418df301e5136 completed March 21, 2026, 2:05 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:14 p.m.