Triple

T22880683
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tommy Thompson E567457 entity
Predicate boardMemberOf P10 FINISHED
Object C.R. Bard, Inc.
C.R. Bard, Inc. is a medical technology company specializing in the development and manufacture of vascular, urology, oncology, and surgical specialty devices.
E1559020 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: C.R. Bard, Inc. | Statement: [Tommy Thompson, boardMemberOf, C.R. Bard, Inc.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C.R. Bard, Inc.
Context triple: [Tommy Thompson, boardMemberOf, C.R. Bard, Inc.]
  • A. Cook Medical
    Cook Medical is a global medical device company specializing in minimally invasive technologies for a wide range of medical specialties.
  • B. Boston Scientific
    Boston Scientific is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing minimally invasive medical devices, particularly in cardiology and other interventional specialties.
  • C. Medtronic
    Medtronic is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing devices and therapies to treat a wide range of chronic diseases and conditions.
  • D. Edwards Lifesciences
    Edwards Lifesciences is a global medical technology company best known for its innovations in heart valves and critical care monitoring systems.
  • E. Cardinal Health
    Cardinal Health is a major American healthcare services and medical products company that distributes pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to hospitals, pharmacies, and other care providers worldwide.
  • 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: C.R. Bard, Inc.
Triple: [Tommy Thompson, boardMemberOf, C.R. Bard, Inc.]
Generated description
C.R. Bard, Inc. is a medical technology company specializing in the development and manufacture of vascular, urology, oncology, and surgical specialty devices.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C.R. Bard, Inc.
Target entity description: C.R. Bard, Inc. is a medical technology company specializing in the development and manufacture of vascular, urology, oncology, and surgical specialty devices.
  • A. Cook Medical
    Cook Medical is a global medical device company specializing in minimally invasive technologies for a wide range of medical specialties.
  • B. Boston Scientific
    Boston Scientific is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing minimally invasive medical devices, particularly in cardiology and other interventional specialties.
  • C. Medtronic
    Medtronic is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing devices and therapies to treat a wide range of chronic diseases and conditions.
  • D. Edwards Lifesciences
    Edwards Lifesciences is a global medical technology company best known for its innovations in heart valves and critical care monitoring systems.
  • E. Cardinal Health
    Cardinal Health is a major American healthcare services and medical products company that distributes pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to hospitals, pharmacies, and other care providers worldwide.
  • 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_69e2458a92ec81908fc1cd5f6407d2ab completed April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17f5c1ed88190aeac131c5aff6102 completed April 29, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bae9e1a24819087d826cf677fcad5 completed May 19, 2026, 12:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0bb08f167081908ff4bd13e291afb5 completed May 19, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bb10db81c8190a23d57c422a71675 completed May 19, 2026, 12:38 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:39 p.m.