Triple

T289380
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject modern evolutionary synthesis E5955 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Theodosius Dobzhansky
Theodosius Dobzhansky was a pioneering 20th-century geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work integrating genetics with natural selection helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
E38508 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: Theodosius Dobzhansky | Statement: [modern evolutionary synthesis, influencedBy, Theodosius Dobzhansky]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodosius Dobzhansky
Context triple: [modern evolutionary synthesis, influencedBy, Theodosius Dobzhansky]
  • A. J. B. S. Haldane
    J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
  • B. Sewall Wright
    Sewall Wright was an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose pioneering work on population genetics and genetic drift helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
  • C. Herman J. Muller
    Herman J. Muller was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate best known for demonstrating that X-rays can induce genetic mutations and for his outspoken advocacy on the social implications of genetics and nuclear weapons.
  • D. Alfred Gause
    Alfred Gause was a German Wehrmacht general who served as a senior staff officer and field commander during World War II, including in the Mediterranean theater.
  • E. William Bateson
    William Bateson was a pioneering British geneticist who helped introduce and promote Mendelian genetics and even coined the term "genetics" for the field.
  • 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: Theodosius Dobzhansky
Triple: [modern evolutionary synthesis, influencedBy, Theodosius Dobzhansky]
Generated description
Theodosius Dobzhansky was a pioneering 20th-century geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work integrating genetics with natural selection helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodosius Dobzhansky
Target entity description: Theodosius Dobzhansky was a pioneering 20th-century geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work integrating genetics with natural selection helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
  • A. J. B. S. Haldane
    J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
  • B. Sewall Wright
    Sewall Wright was an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose pioneering work on population genetics and genetic drift helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
  • C. Herman J. Muller
    Herman J. Muller was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate best known for demonstrating that X-rays can induce genetic mutations and for his outspoken advocacy on the social implications of genetics and nuclear weapons.
  • D. Alfred Gause
    Alfred Gause was a German Wehrmacht general who served as a senior staff officer and field commander during World War II, including in the Mediterranean theater.
  • E. William Bateson
    William Bateson was a pioneering British geneticist who helped introduce and promote Mendelian genetics and even coined the term "genetics" for the field.
  • 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_69a25946a7ac8190a78871c210213272 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25e4df5508190ab75115ac6b3964e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3a885fd4c8190a2293f73ba9c8a46 completed March 1, 2026, 2:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3a963adbc8190b6729f425f75c713 completed March 1, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3a9d03f808190be3802f6f5249eea completed March 1, 2026, 2:52 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.