Triple
T6208752
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Sarton Medal |
E138813
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Sarton
George Sarton was a pioneering Belgian-American historian of science, often regarded as a founder of the discipline for his influential scholarship and the journal Isis.
|
E575317
|
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: George Sarton | Statement: [George Sarton Medal, namedAfter, George Sarton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Sarton Context triple: [George Sarton Medal, namedAfter, George Sarton]
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A.
Alexandre Koyré
Alexandre Koyré was a 20th-century historian and philosopher of science known for his influential studies on the Scientific Revolution and the development of modern scientific thought.
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B.
Ludwik Fleck
Ludwik Fleck was a Polish microbiologist and philosopher of science whose ideas about thought collectives and the social construction of scientific facts significantly shaped later work in the history and philosophy of science.
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C.
Joseph Needham
Joseph Needham was a British biochemist and pioneering historian of Chinese science and technology, best known for his monumental multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China."
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D.
Lucien Febvre
Lucien Febvre was a pioneering French historian and co-founder of the Annales School, known for transforming the study of history through interdisciplinary and long-term social analysis.
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E.
Gilbert Durant
Gilbert Durant was a French philosopher and anthropologist best known for his influential work on the theory of symbols and the anthropology of the imagination.
- 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: George Sarton Triple: [George Sarton Medal, namedAfter, George Sarton]
Generated description
George Sarton was a pioneering Belgian-American historian of science, often regarded as a founder of the discipline for his influential scholarship and the journal Isis.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Sarton Target entity description: George Sarton was a pioneering Belgian-American historian of science, often regarded as a founder of the discipline for his influential scholarship and the journal Isis.
-
A.
Alexandre Koyré
Alexandre Koyré was a 20th-century historian and philosopher of science known for his influential studies on the Scientific Revolution and the development of modern scientific thought.
-
B.
Ludwik Fleck
Ludwik Fleck was a Polish microbiologist and philosopher of science whose ideas about thought collectives and the social construction of scientific facts significantly shaped later work in the history and philosophy of science.
-
C.
Joseph Needham
Joseph Needham was a British biochemist and pioneering historian of Chinese science and technology, best known for his monumental multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China."
-
D.
Lucien Febvre
Lucien Febvre was a pioneering French historian and co-founder of the Annales School, known for transforming the study of history through interdisciplinary and long-term social analysis.
-
E.
Gilbert Durant
Gilbert Durant was a French philosopher and anthropologist best known for his influential work on the theory of symbols and the anthropology of the imagination.
- 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_69c008ada364819096c9e92c74d639b5 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c062870d5881909b8d4e33ff31a907 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c16f52829c81909bdd422cbb1eabf4 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c1d2bc0c448190b1ae105212f5c933 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c1d33e93e48190a0962f69e7601160 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 11:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:21 p.m.