Triple

T4707723
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edwin McMillan E104431 entity
Predicate awardReceived P11 FINISHED
Object Dudley Wright Mendenhall Medal
The Dudley Wright Mendenhall Medal is a scientific honor awarded for distinguished research achievements, notably in fields such as physics and related natural sciences.
E463641 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: Dudley Wright Mendenhall Medal | Statement: [Edwin McMillan, awardReceived, Dudley Wright Mendenhall Medal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dudley Wright Mendenhall Medal
Context triple: [Edwin McMillan, awardReceived, Dudley Wright Mendenhall Medal]
  • A. Maxwell Award
    The Maxwell Award is a prestigious annual college football honor presented to the most outstanding player in the United States.
  • B. Stokes Medal
    The Stokes Medal is a scientific award named after physicist George Gabriel Stokes, recognizing outstanding contributions in applied mathematics and related fields.
  • C. Donaldson Award
    The Donaldson Award was an early American theater honor recognizing outstanding achievements in Broadway productions prior to the establishment of the Tony Awards.
  • D. Flavelle Medal
    The Flavelle Medal is a prestigious Canadian scientific award, presented by the Royal Society of Canada for outstanding contributions to biological science.
  • E. Bigsby Medal
    The Bigsby Medal is a prestigious geological award presented by the Geological Society of London to recognize significant contributions to the study of geology, particularly by early- to mid-career scientists.
  • 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: Dudley Wright Mendenhall Medal
Triple: [Edwin McMillan, awardReceived, Dudley Wright Mendenhall Medal]
Generated description
The Dudley Wright Mendenhall Medal is a scientific honor awarded for distinguished research achievements, notably in fields such as physics and related natural sciences.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dudley Wright Mendenhall Medal
Target entity description: The Dudley Wright Mendenhall Medal is a scientific honor awarded for distinguished research achievements, notably in fields such as physics and related natural sciences.
  • A. Maxwell Award
    The Maxwell Award is a prestigious annual college football honor presented to the most outstanding player in the United States.
  • B. Stokes Medal
    The Stokes Medal is a scientific award named after physicist George Gabriel Stokes, recognizing outstanding contributions in applied mathematics and related fields.
  • C. Donaldson Award
    The Donaldson Award was an early American theater honor recognizing outstanding achievements in Broadway productions prior to the establishment of the Tony Awards.
  • D. Flavelle Medal
    The Flavelle Medal is a prestigious Canadian scientific award, presented by the Royal Society of Canada for outstanding contributions to biological science.
  • E. Bigsby Medal
    The Bigsby Medal is a prestigious geological award presented by the Geological Society of London to recognize significant contributions to the study of geology, particularly by early- to mid-career scientists.
  • 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_69bd43eac3c08190af7e4020c6c3704c completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd63ebf7e48190b545670ec114bd7e completed March 20, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be106d1fc08190808c19025c6f37c4 completed March 21, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be112d37bc8190bed120740ceb9726 completed March 21, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be11ab38308190a6c1a9fa8a5154ce completed March 21, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:17 p.m.