Triple

T3717869
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alan Hodgkin E81573 entity
Predicate sharedNobelPrizeWith P1859 FINISHED
Object John Eccles
John Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the physiology of synapses and neural communication.
E384012 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 Eccles | Statement: [Alan Hodgkin, sharedNobelPrizeWith, John Eccles]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Eccles
Context triple: [Alan Hodgkin, sharedNobelPrizeWith, John Eccles]
  • A. Nicholas Hodgkin
    Nicholas Hodgkin is a British mathematician known for his contributions to differential equations and mathematical analysis.
  • B. Neville Hodgkin
    Neville Hodgkin is a person notable for bearing the surname Hodgkin, which is associated with several distinguished figures in science and medicine.
  • C. Alan Hodgkin
    Alan Hodgkin was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the ionic mechanisms of nerve cell membranes and the generation of nerve impulses.
  • D. R. A. Hodgkin
    R. A. Hodgkin was a British mathematician known for contributions to algebra and topology, particularly in homological algebra and K-theory.
  • E. Paul Greengard
    Paul Greengard was an American neuroscientist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering research on how neurons communicate via chemical signals in the brain.
  • 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 Eccles
Triple: [Alan Hodgkin, sharedNobelPrizeWith, John Eccles]
Generated description
John Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the physiology of synapses and neural communication.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Eccles
Target entity description: John Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the physiology of synapses and neural communication.
  • A. Nicholas Hodgkin
    Nicholas Hodgkin is a British mathematician known for his contributions to differential equations and mathematical analysis.
  • B. Neville Hodgkin
    Neville Hodgkin is a person notable for bearing the surname Hodgkin, which is associated with several distinguished figures in science and medicine.
  • C. Alan Hodgkin
    Alan Hodgkin was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the ionic mechanisms of nerve cell membranes and the generation of nerve impulses.
  • D. R. A. Hodgkin
    R. A. Hodgkin was a British mathematician known for contributions to algebra and topology, particularly in homological algebra and K-theory.
  • E. Paul Greengard
    Paul Greengard was an American neuroscientist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering research on how neurons communicate via chemical signals in the brain.
  • 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_69ad8b1a81588190b3f27a5483bb610e completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adca984844819087a2f6b20d2f19e7 completed March 8, 2026, 7:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4db0ba70481908dfd11ee5c89faff completed March 14, 2026, 3:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4dbeb2a2881908bfa05613fafc53c completed March 14, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4dc65c88c8190b1215fed2451d45f completed March 14, 2026, 3:56 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:33 p.m.