Triple

T7061081
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov E164216 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Mechnikov
Mechnikov is the surname of Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, a pioneering Russian zoologist and immunologist best known for his discovery of phagocytosis and contributions to understanding the immune system.
E638330 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: Mechnikov | Statement: [Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, familyName, Mechnikov]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mechnikov
Context triple: [Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, familyName, Mechnikov]
  • A. Muravyov-Karsky
    Muravyov-Karsky was a 19th-century Russian general best known for his prominent role in the Russo-Turkish wars and the conquest of Kars in the Caucasus.
  • B. Kistiakowsky
    Kistiakowsky is a surname most notably associated with George Kistiakowsky, a Ukrainian-American physical chemist who contributed to the Manhattan Project and later served as a science advisor to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  • C. Firsov
    Firsov is a Russian surname most notably associated with Anatoli Firsov, a legendary Soviet ice hockey forward.
  • D. Pozdnyshev
    Pozdnyshev is the tormented, jealous husband and central narrator of Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Kreutzer Sonata," whose confession of murdering his wife drives the story’s exploration of marriage, sexuality, and morality.
  • E. Voloshin
    Voloshin is a Russian surname most notably associated with the poet and literary critic Maximilian Voloshin, a key figure of the Silver Age of Russian poetry.
  • 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: Mechnikov
Triple: [Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, familyName, Mechnikov]
Generated description
Mechnikov is the surname of Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, a pioneering Russian zoologist and immunologist best known for his discovery of phagocytosis and contributions to understanding the immune system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mechnikov
Target entity description: Mechnikov is the surname of Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, a pioneering Russian zoologist and immunologist best known for his discovery of phagocytosis and contributions to understanding the immune system.
  • A. Muravyov-Karsky
    Muravyov-Karsky was a 19th-century Russian general best known for his prominent role in the Russo-Turkish wars and the conquest of Kars in the Caucasus.
  • B. Kistiakowsky
    Kistiakowsky is a surname most notably associated with George Kistiakowsky, a Ukrainian-American physical chemist who contributed to the Manhattan Project and later served as a science advisor to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  • C. Firsov
    Firsov is a Russian surname most notably associated with Anatoli Firsov, a legendary Soviet ice hockey forward.
  • D. Pozdnyshev
    Pozdnyshev is the tormented, jealous husband and central narrator of Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Kreutzer Sonata," whose confession of murdering his wife drives the story’s exploration of marriage, sexuality, and morality.
  • E. Voloshin
    Voloshin is a Russian surname most notably associated with the poet and literary critic Maximilian Voloshin, a key figure of the Silver Age of Russian poetry.
  • 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_69c688796c148190adb2f1596f595f22 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e459de348190912cd5326fb8bee0 completed March 27, 2026, 8:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c788af20cc819084542035410aafbd completed March 28, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c78968b8588190b26afb5fe1a976db completed March 28, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c78a520b4081908b4822fb55c3dab9 completed March 28, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:38 p.m.