Triple

T6208765
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Sarton Medal E138813 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Derek J. de Solla Price
Derek J. de Solla Price was a pioneering historian of science best known for founding scientometrics and for his influential work on the quantitative study of scientific literature and the development of science.
E575319 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: Derek J. de Solla Price | Statement: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Derek J. de Solla Price]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Derek J. de Solla Price
Context triple: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Derek J. de Solla Price]
  • A. John Desmond Bernal
    John Desmond Bernal was a pioneering Irish-born scientist who helped found the field of X-ray crystallography and made major contributions to structural biology and the social role of science.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Freeman Dyson
    Freeman Dyson was a renowned theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, and futurist writings.
  • D. Abraham Pais
    Abraham Pais was a Dutch-American physicist and renowned science historian best known for his influential biographies of Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr and his contributions to particle physics.
  • E. John Ziman
    John Ziman was a New Zealand-born British physicist and influential philosopher of science known for his work in condensed matter physics and his writings on the social dimensions of scientific research.
  • 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: Derek J. de Solla Price
Triple: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Derek J. de Solla Price]
Generated description
Derek J. de Solla Price was a pioneering historian of science best known for founding scientometrics and for his influential work on the quantitative study of scientific literature and the development of science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Derek J. de Solla Price
Target entity description: Derek J. de Solla Price was a pioneering historian of science best known for founding scientometrics and for his influential work on the quantitative study of scientific literature and the development of science.
  • A. John Desmond Bernal
    John Desmond Bernal was a pioneering Irish-born scientist who helped found the field of X-ray crystallography and made major contributions to structural biology and the social role of science.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Freeman Dyson
    Freeman Dyson was a renowned theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, and futurist writings.
  • D. Abraham Pais
    Abraham Pais was a Dutch-American physicist and renowned science historian best known for his influential biographies of Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr and his contributions to particle physics.
  • E. John Ziman
    John Ziman was a New Zealand-born British physicist and influential philosopher of science known for his work in condensed matter physics and his writings on the social dimensions of scientific research.
  • 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.