Triple

T4850309
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Illumina E108397 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object David Walt
David Walt is an American chemist, inventor, and entrepreneur best known for pioneering microarray technology and co-founding the genomics company Illumina.
 E474919 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: David Walt | Statement: [Illumina, foundedBy, David Walt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Walt
Context triple: [Illumina, foundedBy, David Walt]
  • A. David Bartel
    David Bartel is an American molecular biologist known for his pioneering research on microRNAs and RNA interference in gene regulation.
  • B. Jim Weirich
    Jim Weirich was an influential American software developer and speaker best known in the Ruby community for his contributions to open-source tools and his work in promoting clean code practices.
  • C. Edward A. Merritt
    Edward A. Merritt was an American political figure who served as a prominent federal customs official in New York during the late 19th century.
  • D. David Levien
    David Levien is an American screenwriter, novelist, and producer best known for co-writing crime and heist films as well as co-creating the television series "Billions."
  • E. Richard Hamlett
    Richard Hamlett is an American real estate developer best known for his marriage to actress and singer Debbie Reynolds.
  • 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: David Walt
Triple: [Illumina, foundedBy, David Walt]
Generated description
David Walt is an American chemist, inventor, and entrepreneur best known for pioneering microarray technology and co-founding the genomics company Illumina.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Walt
Target entity description: David Walt is an American chemist, inventor, and entrepreneur best known for pioneering microarray technology and co-founding the genomics company Illumina.
  • A. David Bartel
    David Bartel is an American molecular biologist known for his pioneering research on microRNAs and RNA interference in gene regulation.
  • B. Jim Weirich
    Jim Weirich was an influential American software developer and speaker best known in the Ruby community for his contributions to open-source tools and his work in promoting clean code practices.
  • C. Edward A. Merritt
    Edward A. Merritt was an American political figure who served as a prominent federal customs official in New York during the late 19th century.
  • D. David Levien
    David Levien is an American screenwriter, novelist, and producer best known for co-writing crime and heist films as well as co-creating the television series "Billions."
  • E. Richard Hamlett
    Richard Hamlett is an American real estate developer best known for his marriage to actress and singer Debbie Reynolds.
  • 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_69bd440a89548190a5f14ba6da6b97dc completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d1e5cf08190bd6b6a524748f170 completed March 20, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cdefda8819095fbc04446bf32f5 completed March 21, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5dadcec88190bf9a272c4a9aef9a completed March 21, 2026, 8:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be6159ff7c8190baa116240f76dea5 completed March 21, 2026, 9:14 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.