Triple

T9631942
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael E. DeBakey E232827 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Denton A. Cooley
Denton A. Cooley was a pioneering American heart surgeon best known for performing the first successful human heart transplant in the United States and founding the Texas Heart Institute.
E814963 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: Denton A. Cooley | Statement: [Michael E. DeBakey, notableStudent, Denton A. Cooley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Denton A. Cooley
Context triple: [Michael E. DeBakey, notableStudent, Denton A. Cooley]
  • A. Michael E. DeBakey
    Michael E. DeBakey was a pioneering American cardiovascular surgeon and medical innovator whose work revolutionized heart surgery and biomedical research.
  • B. Christiaan Barnard
    Christiaan Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon best known for performing the world’s first successful human-to-human heart transplant in 1967.
  • C. George W. Crile
    George W. Crile was an influential American surgeon and medical researcher known for pioneering surgical techniques and co-founding major medical institutions and organizations in the early 20th century.
  • D. George Kassabaum
    George Kassabaum was an American architect and co-founder of the global design and architecture firm HOK.
  • E. George Crile
    George Crile was an American journalist and producer best known for his investigative work on U.S. foreign policy and intelligence, including the book "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • 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: Denton A. Cooley
Triple: [Michael E. DeBakey, notableStudent, Denton A. Cooley]
Generated description
Denton A. Cooley was a pioneering American heart surgeon best known for performing the first successful human heart transplant in the United States and founding the Texas Heart Institute.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Denton A. Cooley
Target entity description: Denton A. Cooley was a pioneering American heart surgeon best known for performing the first successful human heart transplant in the United States and founding the Texas Heart Institute.
  • A. Michael E. DeBakey
    Michael E. DeBakey was a pioneering American cardiovascular surgeon and medical innovator whose work revolutionized heart surgery and biomedical research.
  • B. Christiaan Barnard
    Christiaan Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon best known for performing the world’s first successful human-to-human heart transplant in 1967.
  • C. George W. Crile
    George W. Crile was an influential American surgeon and medical researcher known for pioneering surgical techniques and co-founding major medical institutions and organizations in the early 20th century.
  • D. George Kassabaum
    George Kassabaum was an American architect and co-founder of the global design and architecture firm HOK.
  • E. George Crile
    George Crile was an American journalist and producer best known for his investigative work on U.S. foreign policy and intelligence, including the book "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • 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_69ca848940cc8190b97cec654cb3bb4a completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9b2783b48190a9929dc3e3cd2956 completed April 1, 2026, 10:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d190e691c48190800660aba2e03b56 completed April 4, 2026, 10:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d193e520cc8190a822a85b8a9b8610 completed April 4, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1943d67988190aac089266d2d4abc completed April 4, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:11 p.m.