Triple

T561021
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dorothy Hodgkin E13449 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object John Desmond Bernal
John Desmond Bernal was a pioneering Irish-born scientist who helped found the field of X-ray crystallography and made major contributions to structural biology and the social role of science.
E90854 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: John Desmond Bernal | Statement: [Dorothy Hodgkin, doctoralAdvisor, John Desmond Bernal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Desmond Bernal
Context triple: [Dorothy Hodgkin, doctoralAdvisor, John Desmond Bernal]
  • A. Arthur Geoffrey Walker
    Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
  • B. William Wilkins
    William Wilkins was a prominent early 19th-century British architect best known for his neoclassical designs, including major public buildings and educational institutions.
  • C. Mark Oliphant
    Mark Oliphant was an Australian physicist and pioneer in nuclear physics who played a key role in early atomic research and the development of radar and particle accelerators.
  • D. Christopher Longuet-Higgins
    Christopher Longuet-Higgins was a British theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence and the study of human perception and cognition.
  • E. Julian Huxley
    Julian Huxley was a prominent British evolutionary biologist, humanist, and public intellectual who played a key role in popularizing modern evolutionary theory and promoting international scientific and cultural cooperation.
  • 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: John Desmond Bernal
Triple: [Dorothy Hodgkin, doctoralAdvisor, John Desmond Bernal]
Generated description
John Desmond Bernal was a pioneering Irish-born scientist who helped found the field of X-ray crystallography and made major contributions to structural biology and the social role of science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Desmond Bernal
Target entity description: John Desmond Bernal was a pioneering Irish-born scientist who helped found the field of X-ray crystallography and made major contributions to structural biology and the social role of science.
  • A. Arthur Geoffrey Walker
    Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
  • B. William Wilkins
    William Wilkins was a prominent early 19th-century British architect best known for his neoclassical designs, including major public buildings and educational institutions.
  • C. Mark Oliphant
    Mark Oliphant was an Australian physicist and pioneer in nuclear physics who played a key role in early atomic research and the development of radar and particle accelerators.
  • D. Christopher Longuet-Higgins
    Christopher Longuet-Higgins was a British theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence and the study of human perception and cognition.
  • E. Julian Huxley
    Julian Huxley was a prominent British evolutionary biologist, humanist, and public intellectual who played a key role in popularizing modern evolutionary theory and promoting international scientific and cultural cooperation.
  • 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_69a4933edcf08190b35ecfd6014caee6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a499e2795c8190903240e79964156d completed March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a66662e848819095aca23ceb5eeef2 completed March 3, 2026, 4:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a666ded0288190a43e8a13db4f6914 completed March 3, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a667b8de2c819092f9a4c10abeeb56 completed March 3, 2026, 4:46 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.