Triple

T13247289
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject C. O. Whitman E315436 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Edwin G. Conklin
Edwin G. Conklin was an influential American embryologist and zoologist known for his pioneering studies on cell lineage and the development of marine invertebrates.
E1587773 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: Edwin G. Conklin | Statement: [C. O. Whitman, notableStudent, Edwin G. Conklin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin G. Conklin
Context triple: [C. O. Whitman, notableStudent, Edwin G. Conklin]
  • A. Henry G. Blasdel
    Henry G. Blasdel was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Nevada after its admission to the Union.
  • B. Thomas U. Walter
    Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
  • C. Albert D. Blodgett
    Albert D. Blodgett is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Blodgett surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements appears to be limited.
  • D. George A. Trenholm
    George A. Trenholm was an American merchant and politician who served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury during the final year of the American Civil War.
  • E. Edwin I. Hatch
    Edwin I. Hatch was an American utility executive and industry leader in nuclear energy after whom the Hatch Nuclear Power Plant in Georgia is named.
  • 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: Edwin G. Conklin
Triple: [C. O. Whitman, notableStudent, Edwin G. Conklin]
Generated description
Edwin G. Conklin was an influential American embryologist and zoologist known for his pioneering studies on cell lineage and the development of marine invertebrates.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin G. Conklin
Target entity description: Edwin G. Conklin was an influential American embryologist and zoologist known for his pioneering studies on cell lineage and the development of marine invertebrates.
  • A. Henry G. Blasdel
    Henry G. Blasdel was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Nevada after its admission to the Union.
  • B. Thomas U. Walter
    Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
  • C. Albert D. Blodgett
    Albert D. Blodgett is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Blodgett surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements appears to be limited.
  • D. George A. Trenholm
    George A. Trenholm was an American merchant and politician who served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury during the final year of the American Civil War.
  • E. Edwin I. Hatch
    Edwin I. Hatch was an American utility executive and industry leader in nuclear energy after whom the Hatch Nuclear Power Plant in Georgia is named.
  • 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_69d806b1072881909e46bd212259c5f0 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98d5c09f88190bb1566a6d8c073a6 completed April 10, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c8225ce388190acc6599a1ebcb248 completed May 19, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ca6eda1f481908482f3a66d576c3c completed May 19, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ca7bdf7f08190b50191b029480fc5 completed May 19, 2026, 6:11 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:23 p.m.