Triple

T195365
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Biogen E3807 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Charles Weissmann
Charles Weissmann is a Swiss molecular biologist and biotechnology pioneer known for his groundbreaking work on interferons and prion diseases and for co-founding the biotech company Biogen.
 E67572 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: Charles Weissmann | Statement: [Biogen, foundedBy, Charles Weissmann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Weissmann
Context triple: [Biogen, foundedBy, Charles Weissmann]
  • A. Charles Rackoff
    Charles Rackoff is a Canadian computer scientist known for his influential work in cryptography and computational complexity theory.
  • B. Steve Weissman
    Steve Weissman is an American political activist and writer best known for his leadership role in the 1964 Berkeley Free Speech Movement.
  • C. Daniel H. Weiss
    Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • D. Charles Jacobs
    Charles Jacobs was an entrepreneur best known as a founder of Delaware North, a major global hospitality and food service company.
  • E. Dean Riesner
    Dean Riesner was an American screenwriter best known for his work on films such as "Dirty Harry" and "Play Misty for Me."
  • 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: Charles Weissmann
Triple: [Biogen, foundedBy, Charles Weissmann]
Generated description
Charles Weissmann is a Swiss molecular biologist and biotechnology pioneer known for his groundbreaking work on interferons and prion diseases and for co-founding the biotech company Biogen.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Weissmann
Target entity description: Charles Weissmann is a Swiss molecular biologist and biotechnology pioneer known for his groundbreaking work on interferons and prion diseases and for co-founding the biotech company Biogen.
  • A. Charles Rackoff
    Charles Rackoff is a Canadian computer scientist known for his influential work in cryptography and computational complexity theory.
  • B. Steve Weissman
    Steve Weissman is an American political activist and writer best known for his leadership role in the 1964 Berkeley Free Speech Movement.
  • C. Daniel H. Weiss
    Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • D. Charles Jacobs
    Charles Jacobs was an entrepreneur best known as a founder of Delaware North, a major global hospitality and food service company.
  • E. Dean Riesner
    Dean Riesner was an American screenwriter best known for his work on films such as "Dirty Harry" and "Play Misty for Me."
  • 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_69a2548debd48190ae3a06d6e65b53c6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25969425081908e178db8ba4631c2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4c6698344819084b55d4a50408e5d completed March 1, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4c84803b88190b30c3ca3b56d4cf5 completed March 1, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4c8d855b8819080443e32b64e65f4 completed March 1, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m.