Triple
T5642861
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John B. Watson |
E124309
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Karl Lashley
Karl Lashley was an influential American psychologist and neuroscientist known for his pioneering research on brain function, learning, and memory, particularly through lesion studies in animals.
|
E537236
|
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: Karl Lashley | Statement: [John B. Watson, notableStudent, Karl Lashley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Lashley Context triple: [John B. Watson, notableStudent, Karl Lashley]
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A.
Edward C. Tolman
Edward C. Tolman was an American psychologist known for his pioneering work in cognitive behaviorism, especially his concept of cognitive maps and purposive behavior in animals.
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B.
Donald Hebb
Donald Hebb was a Canadian psychologist and neuroscientist best known for pioneering theories of synaptic plasticity and learning, encapsulated in the influential concept now known as Hebbian learning.
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C.
Edgar Adrian
Edgar Adrian was a British neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the electrical activity of neurons and the coding of nerve impulses.
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D.
John Eccles
John Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the physiology of synapses and neural communication.
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E.
Jerome Y. Lettvin
Jerome Y. Lettvin was an influential American neuroscientist and MIT professor best known for his pioneering work on how the nervous system processes visual information, including the landmark paper “What the frog’s eye tells the frog’s brain.”
- 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: Karl Lashley Triple: [John B. Watson, notableStudent, Karl Lashley]
Generated description
Karl Lashley was an influential American psychologist and neuroscientist known for his pioneering research on brain function, learning, and memory, particularly through lesion studies in animals.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Lashley Target entity description: Karl Lashley was an influential American psychologist and neuroscientist known for his pioneering research on brain function, learning, and memory, particularly through lesion studies in animals.
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A.
Edward C. Tolman
Edward C. Tolman was an American psychologist known for his pioneering work in cognitive behaviorism, especially his concept of cognitive maps and purposive behavior in animals.
-
B.
Donald Hebb
Donald Hebb was a Canadian psychologist and neuroscientist best known for pioneering theories of synaptic plasticity and learning, encapsulated in the influential concept now known as Hebbian learning.
-
C.
Edgar Adrian
Edgar Adrian was a British neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the electrical activity of neurons and the coding of nerve impulses.
-
D.
John Eccles
John Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the physiology of synapses and neural communication.
-
E.
Jerome Y. Lettvin
Jerome Y. Lettvin was an influential American neuroscientist and MIT professor best known for his pioneering work on how the nervous system processes visual information, including the landmark paper “What the frog’s eye tells the frog’s brain.”
- 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_69c00824643c81909ffdb888a2d35189 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:17 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c022a6a22881908d16f4df564ed2a2 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c04d7c98008190b79528596eca4208 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:13 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c04edbf1f081908d74d0ac29601a35 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c04f7e64c88190bbced2f2460c1913 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:41 p.m.