Triple

T4661876
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mendel Medal E102550 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Ewan Birney
Ewan Birney is a British computational biologist best known for his leadership in the Human Genome Project and as director of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).
E461747 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: Ewan Birney | Statement: [Mendel Medal, notableRecipient, Ewan Birney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ewan Birney
Context triple: [Mendel Medal, notableRecipient, Ewan Birney]
  • A. Callum McDougall
    Callum McDougall is a British film producer known for his work on major feature films, including the World War I epic "1917."
  • B. Robbie Cowling
    Robbie Cowling is a British businessman best known as the long-serving owner and chairman of Colchester United Football Club.
  • C. Derek Nimmo
    Derek Nimmo was a British actor and comedian best known for his portrayals of bumbling upper-class clergymen and his frequent appearances on BBC radio and television panel shows.
  • D. Brendan McFarlane
    Brendan McFarlane is a former Provisional IRA member from Belfast, best known for his leadership role in the 1981 Irish hunger strikes and his involvement in high-profile republican operations during the Troubles.
  • E. Liam McHugh
    Liam McHugh is an American sportscaster best known for his work as a studio host and anchor on major U.S. sports broadcasts, including NHL and NFL coverage.
  • 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: Ewan Birney
Triple: [Mendel Medal, notableRecipient, Ewan Birney]
Generated description
Ewan Birney is a British computational biologist best known for his leadership in the Human Genome Project and as director of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ewan Birney
Target entity description: Ewan Birney is a British computational biologist best known for his leadership in the Human Genome Project and as director of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).
  • A. Callum McDougall
    Callum McDougall is a British film producer known for his work on major feature films, including the World War I epic "1917."
  • B. Robbie Cowling
    Robbie Cowling is a British businessman best known as the long-serving owner and chairman of Colchester United Football Club.
  • C. Derek Nimmo
    Derek Nimmo was a British actor and comedian best known for his portrayals of bumbling upper-class clergymen and his frequent appearances on BBC radio and television panel shows.
  • D. Brendan McFarlane
    Brendan McFarlane is a former Provisional IRA member from Belfast, best known for his leadership role in the 1981 Irish hunger strikes and his involvement in high-profile republican operations during the Troubles.
  • E. Liam McHugh
    Liam McHugh is an American sportscaster best known for his work as a studio host and anchor on major U.S. sports broadcasts, including NHL and NFL coverage.
  • 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_69bd43d823288190952279faa0d1d066 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd632b7fb88190821f213620719d6b completed March 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be037c67108190bdae034832dc7b41 completed March 21, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be0440e7c881908743b7af9b2fa347 completed March 21, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be04e0f1b08190b3e617150e34648c completed March 21, 2026, 2:39 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:15 p.m.