Triple

T14698
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lemelson-MIT Prize E293 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Chad Mirkin
Chad Mirkin is an American chemist and nanotechnology pioneer known for inventing dip-pen nanolithography and developing spherical nucleic acids for biomedical applications.
E27085 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: Chad Mirkin | Statement: [Lemelson-MIT Prize, notableRecipient, Chad Mirkin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chad Mirkin
Context triple: [Lemelson-MIT Prize, notableRecipient, Chad Mirkin]
  • A. Josh Harris
    Josh Harris is an American billionaire investor and sports team owner best known as a co-founder of Apollo Global Management and the principal owner of multiple professional franchises, including the NFL’s Washington Commanders.
  • B. Jim Loscutoff
    Jim Loscutoff was an American professional basketball forward best known for his rugged defense and seven NBA championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • C. Edward Zuckerberg
    Edward Zuckerberg is an American dentist and technology enthusiast best known as the father of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
  • D. Sean Marks
    Sean Marks is a former NBA player and basketball executive best known for serving as the general manager who led the Brooklyn Nets’ roster rebuild in the late 2010s.
  • E. Jared C. Nicholson
    Jared C. Nicholson is an American politician and attorney who serves as the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
  • 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: Chad Mirkin
Triple: [Lemelson-MIT Prize, notableRecipient, Chad Mirkin]
Generated description
Chad Mirkin is an American chemist and nanotechnology pioneer known for inventing dip-pen nanolithography and developing spherical nucleic acids for biomedical applications.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chad Mirkin
Target entity description: Chad Mirkin is an American chemist and nanotechnology pioneer known for inventing dip-pen nanolithography and developing spherical nucleic acids for biomedical applications.
  • A. Josh Harris
    Josh Harris is an American billionaire investor and sports team owner best known as a co-founder of Apollo Global Management and the principal owner of multiple professional franchises, including the NFL’s Washington Commanders.
  • B. Jim Loscutoff
    Jim Loscutoff was an American professional basketball forward best known for his rugged defense and seven NBA championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • C. Edward Zuckerberg
    Edward Zuckerberg is an American dentist and technology enthusiast best known as the father of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
  • D. Sean Marks
    Sean Marks is a former NBA player and basketball executive best known for serving as the general manager who led the Brooklyn Nets’ roster rebuild in the late 2010s.
  • E. Jared C. Nicholson
    Jared C. Nicholson is an American politician and attorney who serves as the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
  • 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_69a23d7ad88c8190bffe8ab091d86642 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2400257208190b3cd87ad2a06c18f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a338e384d88190a286addf42305a96 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a33980be2c81909d96f566aa9682f0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a339d110248190abb87c997f76e492 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:02 a.m.