Triple

T21787837
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henry Molaison E537886 entity
Predicate treatedBy P4714 FINISHED
Object William Beecher Scoville
William Beecher Scoville was an American neurosurgeon best known for performing the experimental brain operation on patient Henry Molaison that profoundly advanced the scientific understanding of human memory.
E1503042 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: William Beecher Scoville | Statement: [Henry Molaison, treatedBy, William Beecher Scoville]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Beecher Scoville
Context triple: [Henry Molaison, treatedBy, William Beecher Scoville]
  • A. Harvey Wiley Corbett
    Harvey Wiley Corbett was an American architect known for his influential early skyscraper designs and advocacy of modern urban planning in the early 20th century.
  • B. Arthur Campbell
    Arthur Campbell is a high-ranking CIA official and key supporting character in the television series "Covert Affairs," known for his strategic leadership and complex political maneuvering within the agency.
  • C. Arthur Campbell
    Arthur Campbell was an American Revolutionary-era military officer and frontiersman after whom several U.S. counties, including Campbell County in Tennessee, were named.
  • D. Eben Norton Horsford
    Eben Norton Horsford was a 19th-century American chemist and Harvard professor known for his work in food chemistry and the development of baking powder.
  • E. William Pepper Jr.
    William Pepper Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American physician and medical educator who played a key role in advancing medical training and institutional organization in the United States.
  • 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: William Beecher Scoville
Triple: [Henry Molaison, treatedBy, William Beecher Scoville]
Generated description
William Beecher Scoville was an American neurosurgeon best known for performing the experimental brain operation on patient Henry Molaison that profoundly advanced the scientific understanding of human memory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Beecher Scoville
Target entity description: William Beecher Scoville was an American neurosurgeon best known for performing the experimental brain operation on patient Henry Molaison that profoundly advanced the scientific understanding of human memory.
  • A. Harvey Wiley Corbett
    Harvey Wiley Corbett was an American architect known for his influential early skyscraper designs and advocacy of modern urban planning in the early 20th century.
  • B. Arthur Campbell
    Arthur Campbell is a high-ranking CIA official and key supporting character in the television series "Covert Affairs," known for his strategic leadership and complex political maneuvering within the agency.
  • C. Arthur Campbell
    Arthur Campbell was an American Revolutionary-era military officer and frontiersman after whom several U.S. counties, including Campbell County in Tennessee, were named.
  • D. Eben Norton Horsford
    Eben Norton Horsford was a 19th-century American chemist and Harvard professor known for his work in food chemistry and the development of baking powder.
  • E. William Pepper Jr.
    William Pepper Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American physician and medical educator who played a key role in advancing medical training and institutional organization in the United States.
  • 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_69e0c47198f881908cb0d237266c10e9 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f0621c68588190977891055e80a499 completed April 28, 2026, 7:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a3e72ff48819092b5748718550120 completed May 17, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a3fa18b8481909b0a0471bc4eb592 completed May 17, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a405450a0819089794cc07aa291b8 completed May 17, 2026, 10:25 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:52 p.m.