Triple
T4741223
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | E. J. Corey |
E105244
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralStudent |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David A. Evans |
E162185
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: David A. Evans | Statement: [E. J. Corey, doctoralStudent, David A. Evans]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David A. Evans Context triple: [E. J. Corey, doctoralStudent, David A. Evans]
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A.
David A. Evans
chosen
David A. Evans was a highly influential American organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric synthesis and the development of the Evans aldol reaction.
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B.
David C. Evans
David C. Evans was a pioneering American computer scientist and influential academic mentor known for his foundational contributions to computer graphics and systems research, including co-founding Evans & Sutherland.
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C.
Stephen Evans
Stephen Evans is a British secularist campaigner who serves as chair of the National Secular Society, advocating for the separation of religion and state.
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D.
Stephen Evans
Stephen Evans is a British film producer best known for his work on acclaimed literary and period adaptations, including the 1993 film "Much Ado About Nothing."
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E.
James Evans
James Evans was a 19th-century British-Canadian missionary and linguist best known for developing the syllabic writing system used by several Indigenous languages in Canada.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd43ef87a48190a5bc3600711aa032 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd64a5f3548190a6acf1dcfd64d11d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be4d8230208190bfa833f12573f78f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:19 p.m.