Triple

T6208771
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Sarton Medal E138813 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Lynn Thorndike
Lynn Thorndike was an influential American historian of medieval science and magic, best known for his monumental multi-volume work "A History of Magic and Experimental Science."
E626623 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: Lynn Thorndike | Statement: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Lynn Thorndike]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lynn Thorndike
Context triple: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Lynn Thorndike]
  • A. Ruth Hussey
    Ruth Hussey was an American actress best known for her sharp-witted supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including her Oscar-nominated performance in "The Philadelphia Story."
  • B. Constance Bennett
    Constance Bennett was a prominent American film actress of the 1920s and 1930s, known for her sophisticated screen presence and roles in early Hollywood talkies.
  • C. Joan Blondell
    Joan Blondell was a popular American film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her wisecracking, warm-hearted characters in numerous Warner Bros. productions.
  • D. Phyllis Fraser
    Phyllis Fraser was an American actress-turned-publishing executive and children's book editor who co-founded Beginner Books and played a key role in popularizing early readers like those by Dr. Seuss.
  • E. Joan Bennett
    Joan Bennett was a prominent American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her transition from blonde ingenue roles to sultry film noir femme fatales under director Fritz Lang.
  • 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: Lynn Thorndike
Triple: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Lynn Thorndike]
Generated description
Lynn Thorndike was an influential American historian of medieval science and magic, best known for his monumental multi-volume work "A History of Magic and Experimental Science."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lynn Thorndike
Target entity description: Lynn Thorndike was an influential American historian of medieval science and magic, best known for his monumental multi-volume work "A History of Magic and Experimental Science."
  • A. Ruth Hussey
    Ruth Hussey was an American actress best known for her sharp-witted supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including her Oscar-nominated performance in "The Philadelphia Story."
  • B. Constance Bennett
    Constance Bennett was a prominent American film actress of the 1920s and 1930s, known for her sophisticated screen presence and roles in early Hollywood talkies.
  • C. Joan Blondell
    Joan Blondell was a popular American film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her wisecracking, warm-hearted characters in numerous Warner Bros. productions.
  • D. Phyllis Fraser
    Phyllis Fraser was an American actress-turned-publishing executive and children's book editor who co-founded Beginner Books and played a key role in popularizing early readers like those by Dr. Seuss.
  • E. Joan Bennett
    Joan Bennett was a prominent American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her transition from blonde ingenue roles to sultry film noir femme fatales under director Fritz Lang.
  • 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_69c008ada364819096c9e92c74d639b5 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c062870d5881909b8d4e33ff31a907 completed March 22, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7487f26048190aeed34af6f0a8387 completed March 28, 2026, 3:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c749901de081908e5c3ccd324e8191 completed March 28, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c74a0bcddc819084b22925cf57a205 completed March 28, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:21 p.m.