Triple
T2947659
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Elias J. Corey |
E79540
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralStudent |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
K. C. Nicolaou
K. C. Nicolaou is a renowned Cypriot-American chemist celebrated for his pioneering work in the total synthesis of complex natural products and major contributions to organic chemistry.
|
E313119
|
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: K. C. Nicolaou | Statement: [Elias J. Corey, doctoralStudent, K. C. Nicolaou]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: K. C. Nicolaou Context triple: [Elias J. Corey, doctoralStudent, K. C. Nicolaou]
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A.
Elias J. Corey
Elias J. Corey is a Nobel Prize–winning American chemist renowned for pioneering the field of retrosynthetic analysis and revolutionizing modern organic synthesis.
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B.
Barry M. Trost
Barry M. Trost is an American organic chemist renowned for pioneering the concept of atom economy and developing highly efficient catalytic reactions in synthetic chemistry.
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C.
Albert Eschenmoser
Albert Eschenmoser is a Swiss organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of vitamin B12 and for fundamental contributions to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms and prebiotic chemistry.
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D.
Samuel J. Danishefsky
Samuel J. Danishefsky is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in complex natural product synthesis and contributions to medicinal chemistry.
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E.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 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: K. C. Nicolaou Triple: [Elias J. Corey, doctoralStudent, K. C. Nicolaou]
Generated description
K. C. Nicolaou is a renowned Cypriot-American chemist celebrated for his pioneering work in the total synthesis of complex natural products and major contributions to organic chemistry.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: K. C. Nicolaou Target entity description: K. C. Nicolaou is a renowned Cypriot-American chemist celebrated for his pioneering work in the total synthesis of complex natural products and major contributions to organic chemistry.
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A.
Elias J. Corey
Elias J. Corey is a Nobel Prize–winning American chemist renowned for pioneering the field of retrosynthetic analysis and revolutionizing modern organic synthesis.
-
B.
Barry M. Trost
Barry M. Trost is an American organic chemist renowned for pioneering the concept of atom economy and developing highly efficient catalytic reactions in synthetic chemistry.
-
C.
Albert Eschenmoser
Albert Eschenmoser is a Swiss organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of vitamin B12 and for fundamental contributions to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms and prebiotic chemistry.
-
D.
Samuel J. Danishefsky
Samuel J. Danishefsky is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in complex natural product synthesis and contributions to medicinal chemistry.
-
E.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 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.