Triple
T4683751
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Sulston |
E103865
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome
The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome is a non-fiction book by Nobel laureate John Sulston that recounts the scientific race to sequence the human genome and explores its political and ethical implications.
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E460491
|
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: The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome | Statement: [John Sulston, notableWork, The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome Context triple: [John Sulston, notableWork, The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome]
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A.
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
"A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution" is a popular science book that explains the discovery, science, and ethical implications of CRISPR gene-editing technology for reshaping life and evolution.
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B.
The Third Man of the Double Helix
The Third Man of the Double Helix is Maurice Wilkins’s autobiographical account of his role in the discovery of the DNA double-helix structure and the surrounding scientific and personal controversies.
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C.
The Language of Life
The Language of Life is a popular science book by geneticist Francis Collins that explains how advances in genomics are transforming medicine and personal health.
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D.
Race: Science and Politics
Race: Science and Politics is a mid-20th-century work of cultural anthropology that critiques scientific racism and argues that race is a social, not biological, construct.
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E.
The Value of Science
The Value of Science is an influential philosophical work by Henri Poincaré that explores the nature, methods, and limits of scientific knowledge.
- 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: The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome Triple: [John Sulston, notableWork, The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome]
Generated description
The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome is a non-fiction book by Nobel laureate John Sulston that recounts the scientific race to sequence the human genome and explores its political and ethical implications.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome Target entity description: The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome is a non-fiction book by Nobel laureate John Sulston that recounts the scientific race to sequence the human genome and explores its political and ethical implications.
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A.
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
"A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution" is a popular science book that explains the discovery, science, and ethical implications of CRISPR gene-editing technology for reshaping life and evolution.
-
B.
The Third Man of the Double Helix
The Third Man of the Double Helix is Maurice Wilkins’s autobiographical account of his role in the discovery of the DNA double-helix structure and the surrounding scientific and personal controversies.
-
C.
The Language of Life
The Language of Life is a popular science book by geneticist Francis Collins that explains how advances in genomics are transforming medicine and personal health.
-
D.
Race: Science and Politics
Race: Science and Politics is a mid-20th-century work of cultural anthropology that critiques scientific racism and argues that race is a social, not biological, construct.
-
E.
The Value of Science
The Value of Science is an influential philosophical work by Henri Poincaré that explores the nature, methods, and limits of scientific knowledge.
- 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_69bd43debbf08190b4bc372e286ec234 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd638130a08190876c5829c0488758 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be03b07664819097d959fde1b0585b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be04dc48b08190947cde715f87a4d0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:39 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be05742e248190bb0e846189dfcfb5 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:16 p.m.