Triple

T5747582
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kahn E126770 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Edgar M. Kahn
Edgar M. Kahn was an American neurosurgeon and academic known for his contributions to the development of neurosurgical techniques and education in the mid-20th century.
 E572805 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: Edgar M. Kahn | Statement: [Kahn, hasNotableBearer, Edgar M. Kahn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edgar M. Kahn
Context triple: [Kahn, hasNotableBearer, Edgar M. Kahn]
  • A. Alfred E. Kahn
    Alfred E. Kahn was an American economist and regulator best known as the chief architect of U.S. airline deregulation in the late 1970s.
  • B. Charles H. Kahn
    Charles H. Kahn is an American philosopher and classical scholar known for his influential work on ancient Greek philosophy, especially Plato and pre-Socratic thought.
  • C. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • D. Sidney B. Kramer
    Sidney B. Kramer was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback company Bantam Books.
  • E. Robert J. Shapera
    Robert J. Shapera is the birth name of Robert Evans, the influential American film producer and former Paramount Pictures studio head known for championing classics like "The Godfather" and "Chinatown."
  • 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: Edgar M. Kahn
Triple: [Kahn, hasNotableBearer, Edgar M. Kahn]
Generated description
Edgar M. Kahn was an American neurosurgeon and academic known for his contributions to the development of neurosurgical techniques and education in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edgar M. Kahn
Target entity description: Edgar M. Kahn was an American neurosurgeon and academic known for his contributions to the development of neurosurgical techniques and education in the mid-20th century.
  • A. Alfred E. Kahn
    Alfred E. Kahn was an American economist and regulator best known as the chief architect of U.S. airline deregulation in the late 1970s.
  • B. Charles H. Kahn
    Charles H. Kahn is an American philosopher and classical scholar known for his influential work on ancient Greek philosophy, especially Plato and pre-Socratic thought.
  • C. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • D. Sidney B. Kramer
    Sidney B. Kramer was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback company Bantam Books.
  • E. Robert J. Shapera
    Robert J. Shapera is the birth name of Robert Evans, the influential American film producer and former Paramount Pictures studio head known for championing classics like "The Godfather" and "Chinatown."
  • 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_69c0083179548190b384b0bf3c08ca4d completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02885b0288190835809681a364b1f completed March 22, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c1411fbd448190be3c3b6a5942ef83 completed March 23, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c14626cab4819092843ff0ea83a6f1 completed March 23, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c146d749dc8190b59f6e0001b5729d completed March 23, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:48 p.m.