Triple

T4038170
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harry Steenbock E83876 entity
Predicate hasNotableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Conrad Elvehjem
Conrad Elvehjem was an American biochemist best known for identifying niacin as the pellagra-preventing vitamin and for his contributions to nutritional science.
E412091 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: Conrad Elvehjem | Statement: [Harry Steenbock, hasNotableStudent, Conrad Elvehjem]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conrad Elvehjem
Context triple: [Harry Steenbock, hasNotableStudent, Conrad Elvehjem]
  • A. Hugo Ehrlich
    Hugo Ehrlich was a Croatian architect known for his significant contributions to early 20th-century architecture in Zagreb.
  • B. Tadeus Reichstein
    Tadeus Reichstein was a Polish-Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the synthesis of vitamin C and adrenal cortex hormones.
  • C. Eduard Buchner
    Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work on cell-free fermentation, which helped establish biochemistry as a distinct scientific discipline.
  • D. Ulrich Ehrlich
    Ulrich Ehrlich is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Ehrlich.
  • E. Ernest Fleischmann
    Ernest Fleischmann was a prominent arts administrator and impresario best known for transforming the Los Angeles Philharmonic into a major international orchestra and reshaping the cultural landscape of Los Angeles.
  • 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: Conrad Elvehjem
Triple: [Harry Steenbock, hasNotableStudent, Conrad Elvehjem]
Generated description
Conrad Elvehjem was an American biochemist best known for identifying niacin as the pellagra-preventing vitamin and for his contributions to nutritional science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conrad Elvehjem
Target entity description: Conrad Elvehjem was an American biochemist best known for identifying niacin as the pellagra-preventing vitamin and for his contributions to nutritional science.
  • A. Hugo Ehrlich
    Hugo Ehrlich was a Croatian architect known for his significant contributions to early 20th-century architecture in Zagreb.
  • B. Tadeus Reichstein
    Tadeus Reichstein was a Polish-Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the synthesis of vitamin C and adrenal cortex hormones.
  • C. Eduard Buchner
    Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work on cell-free fermentation, which helped establish biochemistry as a distinct scientific discipline.
  • D. Ulrich Ehrlich
    Ulrich Ehrlich is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Ehrlich.
  • E. Ernest Fleischmann
    Ernest Fleischmann was a prominent arts administrator and impresario best known for transforming the Los Angeles Philharmonic into a major international orchestra and reshaping the cultural landscape of Los Angeles.
  • 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_69aed92f7cf0819098e0539bdcc3767f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefb3656f08190aa5286d951013646 completed March 9, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b56b4d2cb081908dbca3bee5610cda completed March 14, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b56beacda88190b705657c9dc070a6 completed March 14, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b56c5e73e88190896176180a9e58cd completed March 14, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:37 p.m.