Triple

T19228162
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ralph M. Steinman E480794 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Zanvil A. Cohn
Zanvil A. Cohn was an influential American immunologist and cell biologist known for his pioneering work on macrophages and the cellular mechanisms of the immune system.
E1368081 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: Zanvil A. Cohn | Statement: [Ralph M. Steinman, doctoralAdvisor, Zanvil A. Cohn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zanvil A. Cohn
Context triple: [Ralph M. Steinman, doctoralAdvisor, Zanvil A. Cohn]
  • A. Martin F. Semmelhack
    Martin F. Semmelhack is an American organic chemist known for his contributions to synthetic methodology and his long career as a professor at Princeton University.
  • B. Edward Z. Milstein
    Edward Z. Milstein is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the drama series "Once and Again."
  • C. Herbert Edelman
    Herbert Edelman was an American character actor best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Stan Zbornak on the television sitcom "The Golden Girls."
  • D. Maurice Ostrer
    Maurice Ostrer was a British film executive best known for leading and shaping the output of the prominent mid-20th-century studio Gainsborough Pictures.
  • E. Robert Abeloff
    Robert Abeloff was the husband of American actress Anne Francis, known for their brief marriage in the 1960s.
  • 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: Zanvil A. Cohn
Triple: [Ralph M. Steinman, doctoralAdvisor, Zanvil A. Cohn]
Generated description
Zanvil A. Cohn was an influential American immunologist and cell biologist known for his pioneering work on macrophages and the cellular mechanisms of the immune system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zanvil A. Cohn
Target entity description: Zanvil A. Cohn was an influential American immunologist and cell biologist known for his pioneering work on macrophages and the cellular mechanisms of the immune system.
  • A. Martin F. Semmelhack
    Martin F. Semmelhack is an American organic chemist known for his contributions to synthetic methodology and his long career as a professor at Princeton University.
  • B. Edward Z. Milstein
    Edward Z. Milstein is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the drama series "Once and Again."
  • C. Herbert Edelman
    Herbert Edelman was an American character actor best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Stan Zbornak on the television sitcom "The Golden Girls."
  • D. Maurice Ostrer
    Maurice Ostrer was a British film executive best known for leading and shaping the output of the prominent mid-20th-century studio Gainsborough Pictures.
  • E. Robert Abeloff
    Robert Abeloff was the husband of American actress Anne Francis, known for their brief marriage in the 1960s.
  • 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_69d8e8ccb8f48190ad420098e74fb1db completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5fa9b167881908fc46d46c2d53423 completed April 20, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a070e633ed48190a83ce5c4b418d1c7 completed May 15, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a070fb6ed448190a42e93a8c195d346 completed May 15, 2026, 12:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a071009e0dc8190a3383b6bb70d19b8 completed May 15, 2026, 12:22 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:25 p.m.