Triple
T12144808
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sedgwick Memorial Medal |
E289289
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Thompson Sedgwick
William Thompson Sedgwick was an influential American public health bacteriologist and educator whose work helped establish modern sanitary science and epidemiology in the United States.
|
E970647
|
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: William Thompson Sedgwick | Statement: [Sedgwick Memorial Medal, namedAfter, William Thompson Sedgwick]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thompson Sedgwick Context triple: [Sedgwick Memorial Medal, namedAfter, William Thompson Sedgwick]
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A.
William Parish Chilton
William Parish Chilton was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician from Alabama who served as a Confederate congressman and briefly as Speaker of the Provisional Confederate Congress.
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B.
Arthur Dehon Little
Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and pioneering management consultant who co-founded one of the world’s first consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
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C.
William Edmond Logan
William Edmond Logan was a 19th-century Canadian geologist renowned for pioneering geological mapping in Canada and leading the early development of the country’s geological sciences.
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D.
Benjamin Silliman
Benjamin Silliman was a pioneering American chemist and geologist, one of Yale College’s first science professors, and a key figure in the early development of scientific education in the United States.
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E.
George Combe Mann
George Combe Mann was a son of American education reformer Horace Mann, likely known primarily through his connection to his prominent father.
- 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: William Thompson Sedgwick Triple: [Sedgwick Memorial Medal, namedAfter, William Thompson Sedgwick]
Generated description
William Thompson Sedgwick was an influential American public health bacteriologist and educator whose work helped establish modern sanitary science and epidemiology in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thompson Sedgwick Target entity description: William Thompson Sedgwick was an influential American public health bacteriologist and educator whose work helped establish modern sanitary science and epidemiology in the United States.
-
A.
William Parish Chilton
William Parish Chilton was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician from Alabama who served as a Confederate congressman and briefly as Speaker of the Provisional Confederate Congress.
-
B.
Arthur Dehon Little
Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and pioneering management consultant who co-founded one of the world’s first consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
-
C.
William Edmond Logan
William Edmond Logan was a 19th-century Canadian geologist renowned for pioneering geological mapping in Canada and leading the early development of the country’s geological sciences.
-
D.
Benjamin Silliman
Benjamin Silliman was a pioneering American chemist and geologist, one of Yale College’s first science professors, and a key figure in the early development of scientific education in the United States.
-
E.
George Combe Mann
George Combe Mann was a son of American education reformer Horace Mann, likely known primarily through his connection to his prominent father.
- 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_69d6ab4c6710819097a9d228382dde43 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d915aacaa08190b31f54e230334406 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f60a7e24ac819083e85fb8edb2ed2c |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f60bdb39f48190ad6bc51db6c34163 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f60d4d95288190a46bf0e54afca338 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:42 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.