Triple

T9079876
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nick Barton E217588 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen is an American evolutionary biologist and microbiologist known for his work on microbial genomics and the evolution of complex life.
E776312 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: Jonathan A. Eisen | Statement: [Nick Barton, coAuthor, Jonathan A. Eisen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jonathan A. Eisen
Context triple: [Nick Barton, coAuthor, Jonathan A. Eisen]
  • A. Matthew H. Carpenter
    Matthew H. Carpenter was a 19th-century American lawyer and Republican politician from Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Senator and was known for his influential role in Reconstruction-era legal and constitutional debates.
  • B. Joshua Erenberg
    Joshua Erenberg is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including a part in the drama film "Crisis."
  • C. Brian P. Flannery
    Brian P. Flannery is a physicist and numerical analyst best known as a co-author of the influential scientific computing reference book "Numerical Recipes."
  • D. John C. Avise
    John C. Avise is an American evolutionary geneticist renowned for pioneering the use of molecular markers to study natural populations, phylogeography, and conservation biology.
  • E. Emily T. Troscianko
    Emily T. Troscianko is a scholar and writer known for her work on consciousness studies and the psychology of reading, including co-authoring the textbook "Consciousness: An Introduction."
  • 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: Jonathan A. Eisen
Triple: [Nick Barton, coAuthor, Jonathan A. Eisen]
Generated description
Jonathan A. Eisen is an American evolutionary biologist and microbiologist known for his work on microbial genomics and the evolution of complex life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jonathan A. Eisen
Target entity description: Jonathan A. Eisen is an American evolutionary biologist and microbiologist known for his work on microbial genomics and the evolution of complex life.
  • A. Matthew H. Carpenter
    Matthew H. Carpenter was a 19th-century American lawyer and Republican politician from Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Senator and was known for his influential role in Reconstruction-era legal and constitutional debates.
  • B. Joshua Erenberg
    Joshua Erenberg is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including a part in the drama film "Crisis."
  • C. Brian P. Flannery
    Brian P. Flannery is a physicist and numerical analyst best known as a co-author of the influential scientific computing reference book "Numerical Recipes."
  • D. John C. Avise
    John C. Avise is an American evolutionary geneticist renowned for pioneering the use of molecular markers to study natural populations, phylogeography, and conservation biology.
  • E. Emily T. Troscianko
    Emily T. Troscianko is a scholar and writer known for her work on consciousness studies and the psychology of reading, including co-authoring the textbook "Consciousness: An Introduction."
  • 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_69ca83d7a0388190ba1af89ed7ba36f9 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc9607942c8190a21620892ce3cbe5 completed April 1, 2026, 3:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cffe2103448190bbc09436f19c4f11 completed April 3, 2026, 5:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d000d4a4548190939a9a9946be469b completed April 3, 2026, 6:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d001b245f08190a8e5c53c570b20a0 completed April 3, 2026, 6:06 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:13 p.m.