Triple
T5660426
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Brenda Milner |
E124723
|
entity |
| Predicate | studied |
P778
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
patient H.M.
Patient H.M. (Henry Molaison) was a famous neurological case study whose profound memory loss after brain surgery provided crucial insights into how human memory is organized in the brain.
|
E537886
|
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: patient H.M. | Statement: [Brenda Milner, studied, patient H.M.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: patient H.M. Context triple: [Brenda Milner, studied, patient H.M.]
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A.
Brenda Milner
Brenda Milner is a pioneering neuropsychologist whose groundbreaking research on memory and the brain, particularly through studies of patient H.M., helped establish the field of cognitive neuroscience.
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B.
Phineas Gage
Phineas Gage was a 19th-century American railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury from an iron tamping rod, becoming a famous case study in neuroscience and the relationship between brain function and personality.
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C.
Fred Gage
Fred Gage is an American neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work demonstrating that the adult human brain can generate new neurons, fundamentally reshaping understanding of brain plasticity.
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D.
Hermann Ebbinghaus
Hermann Ebbinghaus was a pioneering German psychologist best known for his experimental studies of memory and the formulation of the forgetting curve and spacing effect.
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E.
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Jean-Dominique Bauby was a French journalist and editor of Elle who, after being left almost completely paralyzed by locked-in syndrome, authored the memoir "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking his left eye.
- 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: patient H.M. Triple: [Brenda Milner, studied, patient H.M.]
Generated description
Patient H.M. (Henry Molaison) was a famous neurological case study whose profound memory loss after brain surgery provided crucial insights into how human memory is organized in the brain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: patient H.M. Target entity description: Patient H.M. (Henry Molaison) was a famous neurological case study whose profound memory loss after brain surgery provided crucial insights into how human memory is organized in the brain.
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A.
Brenda Milner
Brenda Milner is a pioneering neuropsychologist whose groundbreaking research on memory and the brain, particularly through studies of patient H.M., helped establish the field of cognitive neuroscience.
-
B.
Phineas Gage
Phineas Gage was a 19th-century American railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury from an iron tamping rod, becoming a famous case study in neuroscience and the relationship between brain function and personality.
-
C.
Fred Gage
Fred Gage is an American neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work demonstrating that the adult human brain can generate new neurons, fundamentally reshaping understanding of brain plasticity.
-
D.
Hermann Ebbinghaus
Hermann Ebbinghaus was a pioneering German psychologist best known for his experimental studies of memory and the formulation of the forgetting curve and spacing effect.
-
E.
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Jean-Dominique Bauby was a French journalist and editor of Elle who, after being left almost completely paralyzed by locked-in syndrome, authored the memoir "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking his left eye.
- 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_69c0082774a481909d7e63fb2aad56ac |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:17 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0232077448190afdef460671eaf4f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c04da6fa808190a3c500ee664bb150 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c04edf30448190a60eda49b8b031a0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c04fb62690819083327781cb857ccc |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:42 p.m.