Triple

T2947658
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elias J. Corey E79540 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object John C. Sheehan
John C. Sheehan was an American organic chemist best known for achieving the first complete laboratory synthesis of penicillin.
 E313118 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: John C. Sheehan | Statement: [Elias J. Corey, doctoralAdvisor, John C. Sheehan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John C. Sheehan
Context triple: [Elias J. Corey, doctoralAdvisor, John C. Sheehan]
  • A. Peter S. Seaman
    Peter S. Seaman is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing major Hollywood films such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Shrek the Third."
  • B. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • C. James Jones
    James Jones is a former NBA player who became a basketball executive and now leads the Phoenix Suns’ front office.
  • D. James Jones
    James Jones is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as President Barack Obama’s National Security Advisor.
  • E. William A. Shea
    William A. Shea was an American lawyer and civic leader best known for spearheading the return of National League baseball to New York City, leading to the founding of the New York Mets and the naming of Shea Stadium in his honor.
  • 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: John C. Sheehan
Triple: [Elias J. Corey, doctoralAdvisor, John C. Sheehan]
Generated description
John C. Sheehan was an American organic chemist best known for achieving the first complete laboratory synthesis of penicillin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John C. Sheehan
Target entity description: John C. Sheehan was an American organic chemist best known for achieving the first complete laboratory synthesis of penicillin.
  • A. Peter S. Seaman
    Peter S. Seaman is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing major Hollywood films such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Shrek the Third."
  • B. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • C. James Jones
    James Jones is a former NBA player who became a basketball executive and now leads the Phoenix Suns’ front office.
  • D. James Jones
    James Jones is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as President Barack Obama’s National Security Advisor.
  • E. William A. Shea
    William A. Shea was an American lawyer and civic leader best known for spearheading the return of National League baseball to New York City, leading to the founding of the New York Mets and the naming of Shea Stadium in his honor.
  • 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_69ad8b1089588190b74d9e2505e45762 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad98b5916c8190b1163bf0b7fa136a completed March 8, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b08695bea08190abce552493abda57 completed March 10, 2026, 9:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0d4d08d688190888459d7d4fbd8d4 completed March 11, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0d5567e488190b5eee8a494433ae4 completed March 11, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:57 p.m.