Triple

T1469945
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Murchison Medal E27111 entity
Predicate hasNotableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Henry Clifton Sorby
Henry Clifton Sorby was a 19th-century English scientist and pioneer of microscopical petrography and metallography, known for his groundbreaking work on the microscopic structure of rocks and metals.
 E172136 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: Henry Clifton Sorby | Statement: [Murchison Medal, hasNotableRecipient, Henry Clifton Sorby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Henry Clifton Sorby
Context triple: [Murchison Medal, hasNotableRecipient, Henry Clifton Sorby]
  • A. Joseph Prestwich
    Joseph Prestwich was a 19th-century British geologist renowned for his pioneering work in stratigraphy and the study of Tertiary and Quaternary deposits.
  • B. Charles Lapworth
    Charles Lapworth was a pioneering British geologist best known for his work on Ordovician stratigraphy and the use of graptolites to establish detailed rock sequences.
  • C. J. H. Frankland
    J. H. Frankland is a mycologist recognized for formally describing and naming taxa within the fungal family Ophiostomataceae.
  • D. William Wilkins
    William Wilkins was a prominent early 19th-century British architect best known for his neoclassical designs, including major public buildings and educational institutions.
  • E. Norman L. Bowen
    Norman L. Bowen was a pioneering 20th-century petrologist best known for formulating Bowen’s reaction series, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of igneous rock formation.
  • 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: Henry Clifton Sorby
Triple: [Murchison Medal, hasNotableRecipient, Henry Clifton Sorby]
Generated description
Henry Clifton Sorby was a 19th-century English scientist and pioneer of microscopical petrography and metallography, known for his groundbreaking work on the microscopic structure of rocks and metals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Henry Clifton Sorby
Target entity description: Henry Clifton Sorby was a 19th-century English scientist and pioneer of microscopical petrography and metallography, known for his groundbreaking work on the microscopic structure of rocks and metals.
  • A. Joseph Prestwich
    Joseph Prestwich was a 19th-century British geologist renowned for his pioneering work in stratigraphy and the study of Tertiary and Quaternary deposits.
  • B. Charles Lapworth
    Charles Lapworth was a pioneering British geologist best known for his work on Ordovician stratigraphy and the use of graptolites to establish detailed rock sequences.
  • C. J. H. Frankland
    J. H. Frankland is a mycologist recognized for formally describing and naming taxa within the fungal family Ophiostomataceae.
  • D. William Wilkins
    William Wilkins was a prominent early 19th-century British architect best known for his neoclassical designs, including major public buildings and educational institutions.
  • E. Norman L. Bowen
    Norman L. Bowen was a pioneering 20th-century petrologist best known for formulating Bowen’s reaction series, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of igneous rock formation.
  • 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_69a496d25d6881909dbd84f86d763992 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c5d9dd4c8190ba840a9255cd1293 completed March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad232ab26c8190aa9fc95ff2fcf0eb completed March 8, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad23b8d570819099b953c7a60e9445 completed March 8, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad248193ec8190b0c08ef979661af0 completed March 8, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:01 p.m.