Triple

T5855508
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sumio Iijima E130141 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Kazuo Watanabe
Kazuo Watanabe is a Japanese physicist and academic known for mentoring Sumio Iijima, the pioneering nanotechnology researcher who discovered carbon nanotubes.
E849300 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: Kazuo Watanabe | Statement: [Sumio Iijima, doctoralAdvisor, Kazuo Watanabe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kazuo Watanabe
Context triple: [Sumio Iijima, doctoralAdvisor, Kazuo Watanabe]
  • A. Michio Watanabe
    Michio Watanabe was a prominent Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who held key cabinet posts, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, and was known as a powerful party faction leader.
  • B. Hajime Wakai
    Hajime Wakai is a Japanese video game composer best known for his work on Nintendo franchises such as Star Fox and The Legend of Zelda.
  • C. Yosuke Kubozuka
    Yosuke Kubozuka is a Japanese actor and former model known for his intense, unconventional performances in film and television, including prominent roles in works like "Go" and "Silence."
  • D. Kenji Satō
    Kenji Satō is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the common Japanese surname Satō.
  • E. Yukio Edano
    Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and former Chief Cabinet Secretary who became a prominent opposition leader as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
  • 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: Kazuo Watanabe
Triple: [Sumio Iijima, doctoralAdvisor, Kazuo Watanabe]
Generated description
Kazuo Watanabe is a Japanese physicist and academic known for mentoring Sumio Iijima, the pioneering nanotechnology researcher who discovered carbon nanotubes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kazuo Watanabe
Target entity description: Kazuo Watanabe is a Japanese physicist and academic known for mentoring Sumio Iijima, the pioneering nanotechnology researcher who discovered carbon nanotubes.
  • A. Michio Watanabe
    Michio Watanabe was a prominent Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who held key cabinet posts, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, and was known as a powerful party faction leader.
  • B. Hajime Wakai
    Hajime Wakai is a Japanese video game composer best known for his work on Nintendo franchises such as Star Fox and The Legend of Zelda.
  • C. Yosuke Kubozuka
    Yosuke Kubozuka is a Japanese actor and former model known for his intense, unconventional performances in film and television, including prominent roles in works like "Go" and "Silence."
  • D. Kenji Satō
    Kenji Satō is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the common Japanese surname Satō.
  • E. Yukio Edano
    Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and former Chief Cabinet Secretary who became a prominent opposition leader as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
  • 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_69c0084de39081909eb34e6bed74215a completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c03555cd6081908b0307decd60d2bc completed March 22, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d62a4407388190a5d80f4773dd3dad completed April 8, 2026, 10:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d62aaffdcc8190a6904a5244417cb5 completed April 8, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d62b023fcc8190a6cd87f18b87824b completed April 8, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:55 p.m.