Triple

T130472
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Zurich E2643 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object Emil Theodor Kocher
Emil Theodor Kocher was a Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in thyroid surgery and surgical techniques.
E16206 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: Emil Theodor Kocher | Statement: [University of Zurich, hasNotableAlumnus, Emil Theodor Kocher]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emil Theodor Kocher
Context triple: [University of Zurich, hasNotableAlumnus, Emil Theodor Kocher]
  • A. Emil Adolf von Behring
    Emil Adolf von Behring was a German physiologist and immunologist renowned for developing serum therapy against diphtheria and tetanus, earning him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  • B. Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
    Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma was a German Wehrmacht general and tank commander in World War II, best known for leading armored forces in the North African campaign.
  • C. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
    Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering essential nutrients later known as vitamins and for pioneering the field of nutritional biochemistry.
  • D. Rudolf Virchow
    Rudolf Virchow was a pioneering 19th-century German physician and pathologist, often called the "father of modern pathology," known for his work on cellular theory, public health, and social medicine.
  • E. Robert Koch
    Robert Koch was a pioneering German physician and microbiologist who identified the causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax, laying the foundations of modern bacteriology.
  • 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: Emil Theodor Kocher
Triple: [University of Zurich, hasNotableAlumnus, Emil Theodor Kocher]
Generated description
Emil Theodor Kocher was a Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in thyroid surgery and surgical techniques.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emil Theodor Kocher
Target entity description: Emil Theodor Kocher was a Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in thyroid surgery and surgical techniques.
  • A. Emil Adolf von Behring
    Emil Adolf von Behring was a German physiologist and immunologist renowned for developing serum therapy against diphtheria and tetanus, earning him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  • B. Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
    Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma was a German Wehrmacht general and tank commander in World War II, best known for leading armored forces in the North African campaign.
  • C. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
    Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering essential nutrients later known as vitamins and for pioneering the field of nutritional biochemistry.
  • D. Rudolf Virchow
    Rudolf Virchow was a pioneering 19th-century German physician and pathologist, often called the "father of modern pathology," known for his work on cellular theory, public health, and social medicine.
  • E. Robert Koch
    Robert Koch was a pioneering German physician and microbiologist who identified the causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax, laying the foundations of modern bacteriology.
  • 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_69a2520c0f3481908b0ed054a2fca8d0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257845c548190bfb49409988d1c57 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2b4b90654819092780651ae9408e9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2b54973388190bd1eb424593d607a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2b5ab4cc481908f14b3c8274d8891 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:30 a.m.