Triple
T15478809
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham |
E376858
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Joseph Needham |
E77874
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Joseph Needham | Statement: [Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, alsoKnownAs, Joseph Needham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Needham Context triple: [Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, alsoKnownAs, Joseph Needham]
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A.
Joseph Needham
chosen
Joseph Needham was a British biochemist and pioneering historian of Chinese science and technology, best known for his monumental multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China."
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B.
Derek J. de Solla Price
Derek J. de Solla Price was a pioneering historian of science best known for founding scientometrics and for his influential work on the quantitative study of scientific literature and the development of science.
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C.
George Sarton
George Sarton was a pioneering Belgian-American historian of science, often regarded as a founder of the discipline for his influential scholarship and the journal Isis.
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D.
John Desmond Bernal
John Desmond Bernal was a pioneering Irish-born scientist who helped found the field of X-ray crystallography and made major contributions to structural biology and the social role of science.
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E.
L. C. Pei
L. C. Pei is a Chinese-American architect best known for designing the iconic Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d85cd21dcc81908646251b1c26ea00 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03f8a77a081909f12f13660452f4a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff2d0b3e7881908f195701fe222371 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:34 a.m.