Triple

T14503940
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sherman Weissman E340214 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Craig Venter
Craig Venter is an American biotechnologist and entrepreneur best known for leading the private effort to sequence the human genome and for pioneering work in synthetic biology.
E1103034 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: Craig Venter | Statement: [Sherman Weissman, notableStudent, Craig Venter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Craig Venter
Context triple: [Sherman Weissman, notableStudent, Craig Venter]
  • A. Eric Lander
    Eric Lander is an American geneticist and mathematician best known as a principal leader of the Human Genome Project and a founding director of the Broad Institute.
  • B. George Church
    George Church is an American geneticist and molecular engineer known for his pioneering work in genome sequencing, CRISPR gene editing, and synthetic biology.
  • C. George Church
    George Church was a stage actor known for his role in the original Broadway production of the musical "Oklahoma!".
  • D. Francis Collins
    Francis Collins is an American physician-geneticist best known for leading the Human Genome Project and serving as director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
  • E. Gene Page
    Gene Page was an American arranger, producer, and conductor best known for his lush orchestral work on numerous soul, R&B, and pop recordings from the 1960s through the 1980s.
  • 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: Craig Venter
Triple: [Sherman Weissman, notableStudent, Craig Venter]
Generated description
Craig Venter is an American biotechnologist and entrepreneur best known for leading the private effort to sequence the human genome and for pioneering work in synthetic biology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Craig Venter
Target entity description: Craig Venter is an American biotechnologist and entrepreneur best known for leading the private effort to sequence the human genome and for pioneering work in synthetic biology.
  • A. Eric Lander
    Eric Lander is an American geneticist and mathematician best known as a principal leader of the Human Genome Project and a founding director of the Broad Institute.
  • B. George Church
    George Church is an American geneticist and molecular engineer known for his pioneering work in genome sequencing, CRISPR gene editing, and synthetic biology.
  • C. George Church
    George Church was a stage actor known for his role in the original Broadway production of the musical "Oklahoma!".
  • D. Francis Collins
    Francis Collins is an American physician-geneticist best known for leading the Human Genome Project and serving as director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
  • E. Gene Page
    Gene Page was an American arranger, producer, and conductor best known for his lush orchestral work on numerous soul, R&B, and pop recordings from the 1960s through the 1980s.
  • 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_69d822d9c0408190b9a2b3643e58bb4d completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de94e0f9048190a2d266cfa4f9dfb6 completed April 14, 2026, 7:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd6d9dba1081909154362b922a2417 completed May 8, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd6f24431c81908a25ad81c28da56d completed May 8, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd6ff5a58881909987fa653e58a197 completed May 8, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:21 a.m.