Triple
T6155523
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wallace H. Carothers |
E137310
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Carothers
Carothers is a surname most notably associated with Wallace H. Carothers, the American chemist who invented nylon.
|
E573386
|
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: Carothers | Statement: [Wallace H. Carothers, familyName, Carothers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carothers Context triple: [Wallace H. Carothers, familyName, Carothers]
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A.
Robert Upshur Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
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B.
Bridgman
Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
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C.
Eschenmoser
Eschenmoser is a Swiss surname most notably associated with Albert Eschenmoser, a prominent organic chemist known for his pioneering work in the synthesis of complex natural products and studies on the origin of life.
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D.
Robert Burns Woodward
Robert Burns Woodward was a pioneering American organic chemist renowned for his masterful syntheses of complex natural products and for receiving the 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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E.
J. Meinwald
J. Meinwald was a prominent organic chemist known for his pioneering work in chemical ecology and the chemistry of natural products.
- 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: Carothers Triple: [Wallace H. Carothers, familyName, Carothers]
Generated description
Carothers is a surname most notably associated with Wallace H. Carothers, the American chemist who invented nylon.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carothers Target entity description: Carothers is a surname most notably associated with Wallace H. Carothers, the American chemist who invented nylon.
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A.
Robert Upshur Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
-
B.
Bridgman
Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
-
C.
Eschenmoser
Eschenmoser is a Swiss surname most notably associated with Albert Eschenmoser, a prominent organic chemist known for his pioneering work in the synthesis of complex natural products and studies on the origin of life.
-
D.
Robert Burns Woodward
Robert Burns Woodward was a pioneering American organic chemist renowned for his masterful syntheses of complex natural products and for receiving the 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
-
E.
J. Meinwald
J. Meinwald was a prominent organic chemist known for his pioneering work in chemical ecology and the chemistry of natural products.
- 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_69c008a45d008190832a9e19f5d63406 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05d01ddb0819085b5f5338b86a25d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c141867fac819093a3093aa8251eac |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:35 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c14794c3488190874b0a4d2c00514d |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c1480b10f08190891bfc8488bbaf16 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:17 p.m.