Triple

T4775
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carl Sagan E93 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis was an influential American biologist best known for developing the endosymbiotic theory, which revolutionized understanding of the origin of eukaryotic cells.
 E1643 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: Lynn Margulis | Statement: [Carl Sagan, spouse, Lynn Margulis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lynn Margulis
Context triple: [Carl Sagan, spouse, Lynn Margulis]
  • A. Rita R. Colwell
    Rita R. Colwell is an American microbiologist and former director of the National Science Foundation renowned for her pioneering research on cholera and environmental microbiology.
  • B. Barbara McClintock
    Barbara McClintock was an American cytogeneticist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering "jumping genes" (transposable elements) in maize, fundamentally transforming genetics.
  • C. Edward O. Wilson
    Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
  • D. Jane Goodall
    Jane Goodall is a pioneering British primatologist and conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking long-term study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and her advocacy for animal welfare and environmental protection.
  • E. Linus Pauling
    Linus Pauling was an American chemist, peace activist, and two-time Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular biology.
  • 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: Lynn Margulis
Triple: [Carl Sagan, spouse, Lynn Margulis]
Generated description
Lynn Margulis was an influential American biologist best known for developing the endosymbiotic theory, which revolutionized understanding of the origin of eukaryotic cells.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lynn Margulis
Target entity description: Lynn Margulis was an influential American biologist best known for developing the endosymbiotic theory, which revolutionized understanding of the origin of eukaryotic cells.
  • A. Rita R. Colwell
    Rita R. Colwell is an American microbiologist and former director of the National Science Foundation renowned for her pioneering research on cholera and environmental microbiology.
  • B. Barbara McClintock
    Barbara McClintock was an American cytogeneticist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering "jumping genes" (transposable elements) in maize, fundamentally transforming genetics.
  • C. Edward O. Wilson
    Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
  • D. Jane Goodall
    Jane Goodall is a pioneering British primatologist and conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking long-term study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and her advocacy for animal welfare and environmental protection.
  • E. Linus Pauling
    Linus Pauling was an American chemist, peace activist, and two-time Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular biology.
  • 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_69a238d6b47881909e68288aed2fd858 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2399c646c8190b4977ed56b8835a8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a248d5b92481909a846984a8639067 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a24b7dd264819084b601cf7a4557ff completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a24c05ab408190a7f3ece62f39977d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:40 a.m.