Triple

T2955941
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marine Biological Laboratory E79930 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Charles Otis Whitman
Charles Otis Whitman was an American zoologist and pioneer in experimental biology and animal behavior studies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E315362 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 Otis Whitman | Statement: [Marine Biological Laboratory, founder, Charles Otis Whitman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Otis Whitman
Context triple: [Marine Biological Laboratory, founder, Charles Otis Whitman]
  • A. James Ewing
    James Ewing was a pioneering American pathologist and oncologist whose work helped establish cancer research and treatment as a distinct medical discipline.
  • B. David G. Burnet
    David G. Burnet was an early political leader of the Republic of Texas who served as its interim president and later held other high offices in the fledgling Texan government.
  • C. Oscar R. Ewing
    Oscar R. Ewing was an American lawyer and public official who played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century U.S. social welfare and health policy.
  • D. Arthur Loomis Harmon
    Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
  • E. Hugh Boyle Ewing
    Hugh Boyle Ewing was a Union Army general and diplomat during the American Civil War era, known for his service in key Western Theater campaigns and later roles as a U.S. minister to foreign countries.
  • 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 Otis Whitman
Triple: [Marine Biological Laboratory, founder, Charles Otis Whitman]
Generated description
Charles Otis Whitman was an American zoologist and pioneer in experimental biology and animal behavior studies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Otis Whitman
Target entity description: Charles Otis Whitman was an American zoologist and pioneer in experimental biology and animal behavior studies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. James Ewing
    James Ewing was a pioneering American pathologist and oncologist whose work helped establish cancer research and treatment as a distinct medical discipline.
  • B. David G. Burnet
    David G. Burnet was an early political leader of the Republic of Texas who served as its interim president and later held other high offices in the fledgling Texan government.
  • C. Oscar R. Ewing
    Oscar R. Ewing was an American lawyer and public official who played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century U.S. social welfare and health policy.
  • D. Arthur Loomis Harmon
    Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
  • E. Hugh Boyle Ewing
    Hugh Boyle Ewing was a Union Army general and diplomat during the American Civil War era, known for his service in key Western Theater campaigns and later roles as a U.S. minister to foreign countries.
  • 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_69ad8b1276588190a374a0b12e0f7bdf completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad99286ac8819084f02fbb0a1616d3 completed March 8, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0fc86af78819089ff24f2621b151f completed March 11, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1003ac79c8190b25f12823b6010ed completed March 11, 2026, 5:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b10421ab508190a741b1973bd05b17 completed March 11, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:57 p.m.