Triple
T18237663
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University |
E436722
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alexander Agassiz
Alexander Agassiz was a prominent 19th-century American zoologist, engineer, and oceanographer known for his influential work in marine biology and his leadership of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.
|
E1314425
|
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: Alexander Agassiz | Statement: [Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University, namedAfter, Alexander Agassiz]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Agassiz Context triple: [Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University, namedAfter, Alexander Agassiz]
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A.
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz was a 19th-century Swiss-American naturalist and geologist known for his pioneering work on glaciation and influential but controversial views on biology and race.
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B.
Auguste Agassiz
Auguste Agassiz was a 19th-century Swiss watchmaker and entrepreneur best known for establishing the foundations of the Longines watch brand.
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C.
Asa Gray
Asa Gray was a pioneering 19th-century American botanist whose influential works helped establish botany as a rigorous scientific discipline in the United States.
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D.
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins was a 19th-century English sculptor and natural history artist best known for creating some of the first life-sized dinosaur sculptures and popularizing prehistoric life for the public.
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E.
Charles Doolittle Walcott
Charles Doolittle Walcott was an American paleontologist and Smithsonian administrator best known for his pioneering early-20th-century work on Cambrian fossils, including the famous Burgess Shale fauna.
- 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: Alexander Agassiz Triple: [Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University, namedAfter, Alexander Agassiz]
Generated description
Alexander Agassiz was a prominent 19th-century American zoologist, engineer, and oceanographer known for his influential work in marine biology and his leadership of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Agassiz Target entity description: Alexander Agassiz was a prominent 19th-century American zoologist, engineer, and oceanographer known for his influential work in marine biology and his leadership of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.
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A.
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz was a 19th-century Swiss-American naturalist and geologist known for his pioneering work on glaciation and influential but controversial views on biology and race.
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B.
Auguste Agassiz
Auguste Agassiz was a 19th-century Swiss watchmaker and entrepreneur best known for establishing the foundations of the Longines watch brand.
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C.
Asa Gray
Asa Gray was a pioneering 19th-century American botanist whose influential works helped establish botany as a rigorous scientific discipline in the United States.
-
D.
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins was a 19th-century English sculptor and natural history artist best known for creating some of the first life-sized dinosaur sculptures and popularizing prehistoric life for the public.
-
E.
Charles Doolittle Walcott
Charles Doolittle Walcott was an American paleontologist and Smithsonian administrator best known for his pioneering early-20th-century work on Cambrian fossils, including the famous Burgess Shale fauna.
- 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_69d8b91104e08190a8241f7d260a5162 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4f7def3c48190a9a96c8b4911f0f3 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a03ac6d44d881908972c94167ad7d43 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 10:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a03ad4d5bcc8190a5e065a5bb897400 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a03af1fb1e0819095c9e8cb5528ce30 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 10:52 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:33 a.m.