Triple
T1135749
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Priestley Medal |
E23134
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Wallace H. Carothers
Wallace H. Carothers was an American chemist at DuPont best known for pioneering polymer chemistry and leading the invention of nylon.
|
E137310
|
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: Wallace H. Carothers | Statement: [Priestley Medal, hasRecipient, Wallace H. Carothers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wallace H. Carothers Context triple: [Priestley Medal, hasRecipient, Wallace H. Carothers]
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A.
Paul J. Flory
Paul J. Flory was an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in polymer chemistry, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1974.
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B.
Hermann Mark
Hermann Mark was an Austrian-born chemist renowned as a pioneer of polymer science, whose foundational work on macromolecules earned him the American Chemical Society’s highest honor.
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C.
Herbert Henry Dow
Herbert Henry Dow was an American chemical industrialist and inventor who founded the Dow Chemical Company and pioneered modern methods of extracting and producing chemicals.
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D.
Arnold O. Beckman
Arnold O. Beckman was an American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist best known for developing the pH meter and founding Beckman Instruments, which significantly advanced scientific instrumentation.
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E.
Giulio Natta
Giulio Natta was an Italian chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in polymer chemistry, particularly the development of isotactic polypropylene.
- 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: Wallace H. Carothers Triple: [Priestley Medal, hasRecipient, Wallace H. Carothers]
Generated description
Wallace H. Carothers was an American chemist at DuPont best known for pioneering polymer chemistry and leading the invention of nylon.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wallace H. Carothers Target entity description: Wallace H. Carothers was an American chemist at DuPont best known for pioneering polymer chemistry and leading the invention of nylon.
-
A.
Paul J. Flory
Paul J. Flory was an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in polymer chemistry, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1974.
-
B.
Hermann Mark
Hermann Mark was an Austrian-born chemist renowned as a pioneer of polymer science, whose foundational work on macromolecules earned him the American Chemical Society’s highest honor.
-
C.
Herbert Henry Dow
Herbert Henry Dow was an American chemical industrialist and inventor who founded the Dow Chemical Company and pioneered modern methods of extracting and producing chemicals.
-
D.
Arnold O. Beckman
Arnold O. Beckman was an American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist best known for developing the pH meter and founding Beckman Instruments, which significantly advanced scientific instrumentation.
-
E.
Giulio Natta
Giulio Natta was an Italian chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in polymer chemistry, particularly the development of isotactic polypropylene.
- 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_69a493ec75988190b63a11bafaec29b4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bc2300c481908c60fbb1188c37c5 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac76405074819089f001916748b466 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac7864c59c8190bc2fa1ac8ce633db |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac7c57dfe4819081903c188084993b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.