Triple
T1529933
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | University of the Witwatersrand |
E32416
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAlumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner was a pioneering South African biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his foundational work in molecular biology and the use of C. elegans as a model organism.
|
E175359
|
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: Sydney Brenner | Statement: [University of the Witwatersrand, hasAlumnus, Sydney Brenner]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sydney Brenner Context triple: [University of the Witwatersrand, hasAlumnus, Sydney Brenner]
-
A.
John Sulston
John Sulston was a British biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the genetics and cell lineage of the nematode C. elegans and for his leadership in the Human Genome Project.
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B.
J. Michael Bishop
J. Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes, fundamentally advancing cancer biology.
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C.
Phillip A. Sharp
Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of RNA splicing and his long-standing research and leadership at MIT.
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D.
Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
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E.
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa was a Spanish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synthesis of RNA.
- 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: Sydney Brenner Triple: [University of the Witwatersrand, hasAlumnus, Sydney Brenner]
Generated description
Sydney Brenner was a pioneering South African biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his foundational work in molecular biology and the use of C. elegans as a model organism.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sydney Brenner Target entity description: Sydney Brenner was a pioneering South African biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his foundational work in molecular biology and the use of C. elegans as a model organism.
-
A.
John Sulston
John Sulston was a British biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the genetics and cell lineage of the nematode C. elegans and for his leadership in the Human Genome Project.
-
B.
J. Michael Bishop
J. Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes, fundamentally advancing cancer biology.
-
C.
Phillip A. Sharp
Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of RNA splicing and his long-standing research and leadership at MIT.
-
D.
Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
-
E.
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa was a Spanish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synthesis of RNA.
- 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_69a885ea86308190998f6bc14bb91f8e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a908156b888190968ca0157ae42bc7 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad30942dc481908de85bd2ca30c0bd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad3104afe88190a8d783dd38d4f2fd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:19 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad31a17f5c8190b0d56b449f79cca5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.