Triple
T15816030
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William N. Lipscomb Jr. |
E383478
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralStudent |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object | George M. Whitesides |
E151721
|
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: George M. Whitesides | Statement: [William N. Lipscomb Jr., doctoralStudent, George M. Whitesides]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George M. Whitesides Context triple: [William N. Lipscomb Jr., doctoralStudent, George M. Whitesides]
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A.
George M. Whitesides
chosen
George M. Whitesides is a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in materials science, surface chemistry, and microfabrication, and for his extensive influence on modern chemistry and nanotechnology.
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B.
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in laser chemistry and molecular reaction dynamics, and for his influential contributions to chemical education and science policy.
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C.
Barry M. Trost
Barry M. Trost is an American organic chemist renowned for pioneering the concept of atom economy and developing highly efficient catalytic reactions in synthetic chemistry.
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D.
Frederick Seitz
Frederick Seitz was an influential American physicist and solid-state physics pioneer who served as president of the National Academy of Sciences and Rockefeller University.
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E.
Stephen L. Buchwald
Stephen L. Buchwald is an American chemist renowned for pioneering palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions that revolutionized modern organic synthesis and pharmaceutical chemistry.
- 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_69d86da2858c819090cc8481e7207b6e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0c4a306a48190840adc49df2c26c5 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff99959f048190ae24a072387ec233 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 8:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:49 a.m.