Triple
T6208766
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Sarton Medal |
E138813
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Joseph Needham |
E77874
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Joseph Needham | Statement: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Joseph Needham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Needham Context triple: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Joseph Needham]
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A.
Joseph Needham
chosen
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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B.
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.
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C.
L. C. Pei
L. C. Pei is a Chinese-American architect best known for designing the iconic Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong.
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D.
C. P. Snow
C. P. Snow was a British scientist, novelist, and government administrator best known for his "Two Cultures" lecture on the divide between the sciences and the humanities.
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E.
Hao Wang
Hao Wang was a Chinese-American logician and philosopher known for his influential work on the foundations of mathematics, computability theory, and his close intellectual association with Kurt Gödel.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:21 p.m.