Triple

T14732681
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James F. Crow E346115 entity
Predicate doctoralStudent P167 FINISHED
Object James F. Kidwell
James F. Kidwell is a geneticist known for being a doctoral student of population geneticist James F. Crow and for his work in evolutionary and molecular genetics.
E1384299 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: James F. Kidwell | Statement: [James F. Crow, doctoralStudent, James F. Kidwell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James F. Kidwell
Context triple: [James F. Crow, doctoralStudent, James F. Kidwell]
  • A. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • B. Edward N. Shelton
    Edward N. Shelton was a prominent local figure and early industrialist after whom the city of Shelton, Connecticut, was named.
  • C. Robert J. Wynne
    Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
  • D. James A. Collingsworth
    James A. Collingsworth was an early Texas political leader and jurist who served as a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the first chief justice of the Republic of Texas.
  • E. Thomas E. Ackerman
    Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
  • 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: James F. Kidwell
Triple: [James F. Crow, doctoralStudent, James F. Kidwell]
Generated description
James F. Kidwell is a geneticist known for being a doctoral student of population geneticist James F. Crow and for his work in evolutionary and molecular genetics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James F. Kidwell
Target entity description: James F. Kidwell is a geneticist known for being a doctoral student of population geneticist James F. Crow and for his work in evolutionary and molecular genetics.
  • A. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • B. Edward N. Shelton
    Edward N. Shelton was a prominent local figure and early industrialist after whom the city of Shelton, Connecticut, was named.
  • C. Robert J. Wynne
    Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
  • D. James A. Collingsworth
    James A. Collingsworth was an early Texas political leader and jurist who served as a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the first chief justice of the Republic of Texas.
  • E. Thomas E. Ackerman
    Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
  • 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_69d822e5911c8190ba589f957dbd9ba7 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dec72ea9348190817efcdaa973d7f7 completed April 14, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a075eefce50819097c5f31f14290b51 completed May 15, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a075f9af3f88190b9cdf276a08cf12c completed May 15, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a075ff0fb208190a937998551a01497 completed May 15, 2026, 6:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:29 a.m.