Triple

T6765589
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard N. Zare E154709 entity
Predicate doctoralStudent P167 FINISHED
Object David Nesbitt
David Nesbitt is an American physical chemist known for his research in molecular spectroscopy, chemical dynamics, and the behavior of molecules at low temperatures.
 E617550 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: David Nesbitt | Statement: [Richard N. Zare, doctoralStudent, David Nesbitt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Nesbitt
Context triple: [Richard N. Zare, doctoralStudent, David Nesbitt]
  • A. Mike Nesbitt
    Mike Nesbitt is a Northern Irish politician and former broadcaster who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.
  • B. Blake Lewis
    Blake Lewis is an American singer, beatboxer, and musician best known as the runner-up on the sixth season of "American Idol."
  • C. Andy Barlow
    Andy Barlow is a British music producer and musician best known as one half of the electronic duo Lamb and for his production and mixing work with major artists including U2.
  • D. Michael Ball
    Michael Ball is a British singer, actor, and radio and television presenter best known for his work in musical theatre and his successful recording career.
  • E. Daniel Millar
    Daniel Millar is an actor known for his role in the National Theatre’s acclaimed stage production of "Frankenstein."
  • 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: David Nesbitt
Triple: [Richard N. Zare, doctoralStudent, David Nesbitt]
Generated description
David Nesbitt is an American physical chemist known for his research in molecular spectroscopy, chemical dynamics, and the behavior of molecules at low temperatures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Nesbitt
Target entity description: David Nesbitt is an American physical chemist known for his research in molecular spectroscopy, chemical dynamics, and the behavior of molecules at low temperatures.
  • A. Mike Nesbitt
    Mike Nesbitt is a Northern Irish politician and former broadcaster who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.
  • B. Blake Lewis
    Blake Lewis is an American singer, beatboxer, and musician best known as the runner-up on the sixth season of "American Idol."
  • C. Andy Barlow
    Andy Barlow is a British music producer and musician best known as one half of the electronic duo Lamb and for his production and mixing work with major artists including U2.
  • D. Michael Ball
    Michael Ball is a British singer, actor, and radio and television presenter best known for his work in musical theatre and his successful recording career.
  • E. Daniel Millar
    Daniel Millar is an actor known for his role in the National Theatre’s acclaimed stage production of "Frankenstein."
  • 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_69c688109c1c8190added9a221292af0 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d22ed30881909e1bfcfb8cf175a2 completed March 27, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c712be7f9c8190b2667fc4c8d5f601 completed March 27, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c713842b9c8190ae31eba0bd449968 completed March 27, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c71444e9ec8190a68531ed29fd9377 completed March 27, 2026, 11:35 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:12 p.m.