Triple

T6208769
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Sarton Medal E138813 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Alistair C. Crombie
Alistair C. Crombie was a prominent historian of science known for his influential work on the development of scientific thought in Western culture.
E577848 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: Alistair C. Crombie | Statement: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Alistair C. Crombie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alistair C. Crombie
Context triple: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Alistair C. Crombie]
  • A. Raymond Priestley
    Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
  • B. Charles Morris
    Charles Morris was a distinguished early 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his valor and leadership during the War of 1812.
  • C. Geoffrey Burgon
    Geoffrey Burgon was a British composer best known for his evocative film and television scores, including acclaimed work on series such as "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Brideshead Revisited."
  • D. Colin Turnbull
    Colin Turnbull was a British anthropologist and writer best known for his influential ethnographic works on African societies, such as "The Forest People" and "The Mountain People."
  • E. H. A. Prichard
    H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.
  • 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: Alistair C. Crombie
Triple: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Alistair C. Crombie]
Generated description
Alistair C. Crombie was a prominent historian of science known for his influential work on the development of scientific thought in Western culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alistair C. Crombie
Target entity description: Alistair C. Crombie was a prominent historian of science known for his influential work on the development of scientific thought in Western culture.
  • A. Raymond Priestley
    Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
  • B. Charles Morris
    Charles Morris was a distinguished early 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his valor and leadership during the War of 1812.
  • C. Geoffrey Burgon
    Geoffrey Burgon was a British composer best known for his evocative film and television scores, including acclaimed work on series such as "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Brideshead Revisited."
  • D. Colin Turnbull
    Colin Turnbull was a British anthropologist and writer best known for his influential ethnographic works on African societies, such as "The Forest People" and "The Mountain People."
  • E. H. A. Prichard
    H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.
  • 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_69c20da55e3c81909a61471b38e88894 completed March 24, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c2138258c88190a953345a34ba70ed completed March 24, 2026, 4:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c21434d18c81909b5921db80090e8e completed March 24, 2026, 4:33 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:21 p.m.