Triple
T7749295
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Brock |
E175712
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas D. Brock
Thomas D. Brock was an American microbiologist best known for his pioneering research on thermophilic bacteria in Yellowstone National Park, which laid groundwork for the development of PCR technology.
|
E705790
|
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: Thomas D. Brock | Statement: [Brock, hasNotableBearer, Thomas D. Brock]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas D. Brock Context triple: [Brock, hasNotableBearer, Thomas D. Brock]
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A.
Charles F. Roos
Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
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B.
John A. Peters
John A. Peters was a prominent American politician and jurist from Maine who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in the 19th century.
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C.
John L. Hines
John L. Hines was a United States Army general who served as Army Chief of Staff in the 1920s and was a prominent commander during World War I.
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D.
Herbert F. York
Herbert F. York was an American physicist and arms control advocate who became the first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a prominent advisor on nuclear policy and disarmament.
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E.
Philip R. Goodwin
Philip R. Goodwin was an American illustrator and painter best known for his early 20th-century wildlife and outdoor sporting scenes.
- 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: Thomas D. Brock Triple: [Brock, hasNotableBearer, Thomas D. Brock]
Generated description
Thomas D. Brock was an American microbiologist best known for his pioneering research on thermophilic bacteria in Yellowstone National Park, which laid groundwork for the development of PCR technology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas D. Brock Target entity description: Thomas D. Brock was an American microbiologist best known for his pioneering research on thermophilic bacteria in Yellowstone National Park, which laid groundwork for the development of PCR technology.
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A.
Charles F. Roos
Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
-
B.
John A. Peters
John A. Peters was a prominent American politician and jurist from Maine who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in the 19th century.
-
C.
John L. Hines
John L. Hines was a United States Army general who served as Army Chief of Staff in the 1920s and was a prominent commander during World War I.
-
D.
Herbert F. York
Herbert F. York was an American physicist and arms control advocate who became the first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a prominent advisor on nuclear policy and disarmament.
-
E.
Philip R. Goodwin
Philip R. Goodwin was an American illustrator and painter best known for his early 20th-century wildlife and outdoor sporting scenes.
- 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_69c69960b3588190a53aa590d31d9544 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c703b13af08190b110104fe96ef91e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc55bdf8c0819083b61987d70f21ca |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc5822581481908a143376bee599ec |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc58f549388190ba6c8b41c0820cd6 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m.