Triple

T4901014
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shu Chien E109796 entity
Predicate notable student P4838 FINISHED
Object Andrew D. McCulloch
Andrew D. McCulloch is a biomedical engineer known for his work in computational modeling of the heart and cardiovascular system.
 E509199 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: Andrew D. McCulloch | Statement: [Shu Chien, notable student, Andrew D. McCulloch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Andrew D. McCulloch
Context triple: [Shu Chien, notable student, Andrew D. McCulloch]
  • A. Thomas J. Brown
    Thomas J. Brown is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
  • B. Burton J. Westcott
    Burton J. Westcott was an American industrialist and automobile executive best known as the owner for whom Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Westcott House in Springfield, Ohio.
  • C. Allen M. Davey
    Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
  • D. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • E. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • 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: Andrew D. McCulloch
Triple: [Shu Chien, notable student, Andrew D. McCulloch]
Generated description
Andrew D. McCulloch is a biomedical engineer known for his work in computational modeling of the heart and cardiovascular system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Andrew D. McCulloch
Target entity description: Andrew D. McCulloch is a biomedical engineer known for his work in computational modeling of the heart and cardiovascular system.
  • A. Thomas J. Brown
    Thomas J. Brown is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
  • B. Burton J. Westcott
    Burton J. Westcott was an American industrialist and automobile executive best known as the owner for whom Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Westcott House in Springfield, Ohio.
  • C. Allen M. Davey
    Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
  • D. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • E. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • 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_69bd441180708190ba42ffb44fea533a completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6e4dd6bc819094b1cbf533510995 completed March 20, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf06982c5081908c275019c5d6b1c1 completed March 21, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf09b664948190bebee9c43975e359 completed March 21, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf0a074da88190b52d2519d66b9f5d completed March 21, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.