Triple

T23330553
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Limbic system E591428 entity
Predicate historicallyDescribedBy P9770 FINISHED
Object Paul D. MacLean
Paul D. MacLean was an American neuroscientist best known for proposing the influential triune brain model that emphasized the role of the limbic system in emotion and behavior.
E1579585 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: Paul D. MacLean | Statement: [Limbic system, historicallyDescribedBy, Paul D. MacLean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul D. MacLean
Context triple: [Limbic system, historicallyDescribedBy, Paul D. MacLean]
  • A. Karl Lashley
    Karl Lashley was an influential American psychologist and neuroscientist known for his pioneering research on brain function, learning, and memory, particularly through lesion studies in animals.
  • B. Wilder Penfield
    Wilder Penfield was a pioneering Canadian neurosurgeon and neuroscientist renowned for his groundbreaking brain-mapping studies and contributions to epilepsy surgery.
  • C. Roger W. Sperry
    Roger W. Sperry was an American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist best known for his pioneering split-brain research that revealed the specialized functions of the brain’s hemispheres and earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  • D. Ronald Squire
    Ronald Squire was a British character actor known for his distinguished stage and film career in the mid-20th century, often portraying urbane or eccentric gentlemen.
  • E. Jerome Kagan
    Jerome Kagan was an influential American psychologist and pioneer in developmental psychology, best known for his research on temperament in children and its impact on later behavior.
  • 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: Paul D. MacLean
Triple: [Limbic system, historicallyDescribedBy, Paul D. MacLean]
Generated description
Paul D. MacLean was an American neuroscientist best known for proposing the influential triune brain model that emphasized the role of the limbic system in emotion and behavior.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul D. MacLean
Target entity description: Paul D. MacLean was an American neuroscientist best known for proposing the influential triune brain model that emphasized the role of the limbic system in emotion and behavior.
  • A. Karl Lashley
    Karl Lashley was an influential American psychologist and neuroscientist known for his pioneering research on brain function, learning, and memory, particularly through lesion studies in animals.
  • B. Wilder Penfield
    Wilder Penfield was a pioneering Canadian neurosurgeon and neuroscientist renowned for his groundbreaking brain-mapping studies and contributions to epilepsy surgery.
  • C. Roger W. Sperry
    Roger W. Sperry was an American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist best known for his pioneering split-brain research that revealed the specialized functions of the brain’s hemispheres and earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  • D. Ronald Squire
    Ronald Squire was a British character actor known for his distinguished stage and film career in the mid-20th century, often portraying urbane or eccentric gentlemen.
  • E. Jerome Kagan
    Jerome Kagan was an influential American psychologist and pioneer in developmental psychology, best known for his research on temperament in children and its impact on later behavior.
  • 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_69e25d20156c81908c5c53195bd9c738 completed April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f197ece360819099da8443dd86a355 completed April 29, 2026, 5:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c4cae1af88190a6e140a7e8b2ffd6 completed May 19, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c4e669b6481909f198d1c51b68bf3 completed May 19, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c4f011a188190b801f2ae0f134356 completed May 19, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:15 p.m.