Triple

T9079877
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nick Barton E217588 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Michael Turelli
Michael Turelli is an evolutionary biologist known for his influential theoretical work on population genetics, speciation, and the dynamics of endosymbionts such as Wolbachia.
E781746 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: Michael Turelli | Statement: [Nick Barton, coAuthor, Michael Turelli]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Turelli
Context triple: [Nick Barton, coAuthor, Michael Turelli]
  • A. Michael Wibberly
    Michael Wibberly is a fictional character appearing in John Stephens' fantasy novel "The Fire Chronicle," part of the Books of Beginning series.
  • B. Phil Szostak
    Phil Szostak is an American architect best known for designing the Durham Performing Arts Center in North Carolina.
  • C. Michael Ashburner
    Michael Ashburner is a British biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work on Drosophila genomics and for co-founding the Gene Ontology project.
  • D. Paul Westhead
    Paul Westhead is an American basketball coach known for his fast-paced "run-and-gun" offensive style and for winning championships in both the NBA and WNBA.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Michael Turelli
Triple: [Nick Barton, coAuthor, Michael Turelli]
Generated description
Michael Turelli is an evolutionary biologist known for his influential theoretical work on population genetics, speciation, and the dynamics of endosymbionts such as Wolbachia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Turelli
Target entity description: Michael Turelli is an evolutionary biologist known for his influential theoretical work on population genetics, speciation, and the dynamics of endosymbionts such as Wolbachia.
  • A. Michael Wibberly
    Michael Wibberly is a fictional character appearing in John Stephens' fantasy novel "The Fire Chronicle," part of the Books of Beginning series.
  • B. Phil Szostak
    Phil Szostak is an American architect best known for designing the Durham Performing Arts Center in North Carolina.
  • C. Michael Ashburner
    Michael Ashburner is a British biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work on Drosophila genomics and for co-founding the Gene Ontology project.
  • D. Paul Westhead
    Paul Westhead is an American basketball coach known for his fast-paced "run-and-gun" offensive style and for winning championships in both the NBA and WNBA.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69d054413cd881908bd4aca6a69ef663 completed April 3, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d05509ea4c81909efe2b26f8f10ce5 completed April 4, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0557d073481908d5662190d513758 completed April 4, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:13 p.m.