Triple
T6934327
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Phage Group |
E160514
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Evelyn Witkin
Evelyn Witkin was an American geneticist renowned for her pioneering work on DNA damage and repair mechanisms, which helped establish the field of DNA mutagenesis and earned her the Lasker Award.
|
E645220
|
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: Evelyn Witkin | Statement: [Phage Group, hasMember, Evelyn Witkin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Evelyn Witkin Context triple: [Phage Group, hasMember, Evelyn Witkin]
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A.
Esther Lederberg
Esther Lederberg was an American microbiologist and geneticist renowned for her pioneering work in bacterial genetics, including the discovery of the lambda phage and the development of replica plating.
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B.
Seymour Benzer
Seymour Benzer was an influential American molecular biologist and neuroscientist whose pioneering work in gene mapping and the genetic basis of behavior helped establish modern neurogenetics.
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C.
Matthew Meselson
Matthew Meselson is an American geneticist and molecular biologist best known for the Meselson–Stahl experiment, which provided key evidence for the semiconservative replication of DNA.
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D.
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work in bacterial genetics, which earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
-
E.
Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
- 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: Evelyn Witkin Triple: [Phage Group, hasMember, Evelyn Witkin]
Generated description
Evelyn Witkin was an American geneticist renowned for her pioneering work on DNA damage and repair mechanisms, which helped establish the field of DNA mutagenesis and earned her the Lasker Award.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Evelyn Witkin Target entity description: Evelyn Witkin was an American geneticist renowned for her pioneering work on DNA damage and repair mechanisms, which helped establish the field of DNA mutagenesis and earned her the Lasker Award.
-
A.
Esther Lederberg
Esther Lederberg was an American microbiologist and geneticist renowned for her pioneering work in bacterial genetics, including the discovery of the lambda phage and the development of replica plating.
-
B.
Seymour Benzer
Seymour Benzer was an influential American molecular biologist and neuroscientist whose pioneering work in gene mapping and the genetic basis of behavior helped establish modern neurogenetics.
-
C.
Matthew Meselson
Matthew Meselson is an American geneticist and molecular biologist best known for the Meselson–Stahl experiment, which provided key evidence for the semiconservative replication of DNA.
-
D.
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work in bacterial genetics, which earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
-
E.
Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
- 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_69c6884e15208190b9e91487eaafcf85 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6da415b1481908d70b92ecd5fd8e6 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7ad6c3414819085b816c9455cee7a |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7ade26e24819085f431a576d29712 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7ae9f8f648190adc5cdf08bc01d93 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:27 p.m.