Triple
T4661870
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mendel Medal |
E102550
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Michael Ashburner
Michael Ashburner is a British biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work on Drosophila genomics and for co-founding the Gene Ontology project.
|
E458547
|
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: Michael Ashburner | Statement: [Mendel Medal, notableRecipient, Michael Ashburner]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Ashburner Context triple: [Mendel Medal, notableRecipient, Michael Ashburner]
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A.
Michael R. Quinlan
Michael R. Quinlan is an American business executive and Loyola University Chicago alumnus best known for serving as CEO and chairman of McDonald’s Corporation.
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B.
Michael Ehrlich
Michael Ehrlich is a relatively obscure individual whose primary public mention appears to be as a namesake associated with the surname Ehrlich.
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C.
Peter A. Tyrrell
Peter A. Tyrrell was an American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in establishing and developing the early professional basketball franchise that became the Philadelphia Warriors.
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D.
Robert Bassler
Robert Bassler was an American film producer active during Hollywood’s studio era, known for overseeing a range of mid-20th-century motion pictures.
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E.
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
- 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: Michael Ashburner Triple: [Mendel Medal, notableRecipient, Michael Ashburner]
Generated description
Michael Ashburner is a British biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work on Drosophila genomics and for co-founding the Gene Ontology project.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Ashburner Target entity description: Michael Ashburner is a British biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work on Drosophila genomics and for co-founding the Gene Ontology project.
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A.
Michael R. Quinlan
Michael R. Quinlan is an American business executive and Loyola University Chicago alumnus best known for serving as CEO and chairman of McDonald’s Corporation.
-
B.
Michael Ehrlich
Michael Ehrlich is a relatively obscure individual whose primary public mention appears to be as a namesake associated with the surname Ehrlich.
-
C.
Peter A. Tyrrell
Peter A. Tyrrell was an American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in establishing and developing the early professional basketball franchise that became the Philadelphia Warriors.
-
D.
Robert Bassler
Robert Bassler was an American film producer active during Hollywood’s studio era, known for overseeing a range of mid-20th-century motion pictures.
-
E.
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
- 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_69bd43d823288190952279faa0d1d066 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd632b7fb88190821f213620719d6b |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdfafcd3908190aabf7975017ce337 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:57 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdfc7b84108190af39c7780f702745 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdfd3856b48190a44f49da5fde38f6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:06 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:15 p.m.