Triple
T18347852
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jerome Y. Lettvin |
E439588
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter H. Pitts
Walter H. Pitts was a pioneering logician and cognitive scientist best known for co-developing the first mathematical model of artificial neural networks with Warren McCulloch, laying foundational work for computational neuroscience and AI.
|
E1321686
|
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: Walter H. Pitts | Statement: [Jerome Y. Lettvin, coAuthor, Walter H. Pitts]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter H. Pitts Context triple: [Jerome Y. Lettvin, coAuthor, Walter H. Pitts]
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A.
Warren S. McCulloch
Warren S. McCulloch was an American neurophysiologist and cybernetician best known as a founder of computational neuroscience and for co-authoring the seminal 1943 paper that introduced the first mathematical model of artificial neural networks.
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B.
Walter Rosenblith
Walter Rosenblith was a prominent biophysicist and neuroscientist who became a key figure at MIT, notably serving as provost and helping shape the institute’s postwar research and academic directions.
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C.
Jerome Y. Lettvin
Jerome Y. Lettvin was an influential American neuroscientist and MIT professor best known for his pioneering work on how the nervous system processes visual information, including the landmark paper “What the frog’s eye tells the frog’s brain.”
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D.
William M. McCulloch
William M. McCulloch was an American Republican congressman from Ohio known for his key legislative role in advancing major civil rights laws in the 1960s.
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E.
Marvin Minsky
Marvin Minsky was an American cognitive scientist and pioneering artificial intelligence researcher who co-founded MIT's AI Laboratory and made foundational contributions to the theory and philosophy of AI.
- 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: Walter H. Pitts Triple: [Jerome Y. Lettvin, coAuthor, Walter H. Pitts]
Generated description
Walter H. Pitts was a pioneering logician and cognitive scientist best known for co-developing the first mathematical model of artificial neural networks with Warren McCulloch, laying foundational work for computational neuroscience and AI.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter H. Pitts Target entity description: Walter H. Pitts was a pioneering logician and cognitive scientist best known for co-developing the first mathematical model of artificial neural networks with Warren McCulloch, laying foundational work for computational neuroscience and AI.
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A.
Warren S. McCulloch
Warren S. McCulloch was an American neurophysiologist and cybernetician best known as a founder of computational neuroscience and for co-authoring the seminal 1943 paper that introduced the first mathematical model of artificial neural networks.
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B.
Walter Rosenblith
Walter Rosenblith was a prominent biophysicist and neuroscientist who became a key figure at MIT, notably serving as provost and helping shape the institute’s postwar research and academic directions.
-
C.
Jerome Y. Lettvin
Jerome Y. Lettvin was an influential American neuroscientist and MIT professor best known for his pioneering work on how the nervous system processes visual information, including the landmark paper “What the frog’s eye tells the frog’s brain.”
-
D.
William M. McCulloch
William M. McCulloch was an American Republican congressman from Ohio known for his key legislative role in advancing major civil rights laws in the 1960s.
-
E.
Marvin Minsky
Marvin Minsky was an American cognitive scientist and pioneering artificial intelligence researcher who co-founded MIT's AI Laboratory and made foundational contributions to the theory and philosophy of AI.
- 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_69d8b9175fec8190af865699b4e64d8c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e514f594f88190a683e6224e091593 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a03d77030188190ab2cdc913418a22b |
completed | May 13, 2026, 1:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a03da9119008190ad17b6d1710aefdb |
completed | May 13, 2026, 1:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a03db690a3c8190a7cf459a16e3ed75 |
completed | May 13, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.