Triple
T3670866
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joseph Needham |
E77874
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Dorothy Moyle Needham
Dorothy Moyle Needham was a British biochemist known for her pioneering research on muscle physiology and carbohydrate metabolism.
|
E376863
|
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: Dorothy Moyle Needham | Statement: [Joseph Needham, spouse, Dorothy Moyle Needham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy Moyle Needham Context triple: [Joseph Needham, spouse, Dorothy Moyle Needham]
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A.
Cordelia Whewell
Cordelia Whewell was the wife of 19th-century English polymath and philosopher William Whewell, known primarily through her marriage into his intellectual and academic circle.
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B.
Margaret Hodgkin
Margaret Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the distinguished Hodgkin surname, recognized among bearers of that name.
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C.
Frances H. Townes
Frances H. Townes was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Charles Hard Townes and a partner in his scientific and personal life, known for her support of his career and their shared involvement in academic and community activities.
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D.
Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick
Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick was a British educational reformer, principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, and prominent psychical researcher known for her work with the Society for Psychical Research.
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E.
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot was a pioneering British chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for advancing X-ray crystallography and determining the structures of important biomolecules such as penicillin, vitamin B12, and insulin.
- 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: Dorothy Moyle Needham Triple: [Joseph Needham, spouse, Dorothy Moyle Needham]
Generated description
Dorothy Moyle Needham was a British biochemist known for her pioneering research on muscle physiology and carbohydrate metabolism.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy Moyle Needham Target entity description: Dorothy Moyle Needham was a British biochemist known for her pioneering research on muscle physiology and carbohydrate metabolism.
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A.
Cordelia Whewell
Cordelia Whewell was the wife of 19th-century English polymath and philosopher William Whewell, known primarily through her marriage into his intellectual and academic circle.
-
B.
Margaret Hodgkin
Margaret Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the distinguished Hodgkin surname, recognized among bearers of that name.
-
C.
Frances H. Townes
Frances H. Townes was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Charles Hard Townes and a partner in his scientific and personal life, known for her support of his career and their shared involvement in academic and community activities.
-
D.
Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick
Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick was a British educational reformer, principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, and prominent psychical researcher known for her work with the Society for Psychical Research.
-
E.
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot was a pioneering British chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for advancing X-ray crystallography and determining the structures of important biomolecules such as penicillin, vitamin B12, and insulin.
- 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_69ad85e083008190b2e1b7085fe500bd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc42c96648190abbd5d23b25d6a6b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b48850515c8190bdb9ddcfc0a13f4e |
completed | March 13, 2026, 9:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b48b55ad8081909166e7418cdf0f06 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b48e1ff9fc8190bb2559b9e55ea2b8 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 10:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.