Triple

T6208773

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	George Sarton Medal	`E138813`	entity
Predicate	notableRecipient	`P108`	FINISHED
Object	Charles C. Gillispie Charles C. Gillispie was an American historian of science known for his influential work on the development of modern science, particularly in France, and for shaping the field through his scholarship and teaching at Princeton University.	`E577849`	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: Charles C. Gillispie | Statement: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Charles C. Gillispie]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Charles C. Gillispie
Context triple: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Charles C. Gillispie]

A. 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.
B. Gary S. May
Gary S. May is an American engineer and academic leader who serves as the chancellor of the University of California, Davis and is known for his advocacy for diversity in STEM education.
C. 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.
D. H. Guyford Stever
H. Guyford Stever was an American physicist and engineer who served as director of the National Science Foundation and played a key role in shaping U.S. science and technology policy in the mid-20th century.
E. Donald F. Othmer
Donald F. Othmer was an influential American chemical engineer, inventor, and educator known for co-editing the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology and making major contributions to chemical engineering practice and education.
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: Charles C. Gillispie
Triple: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Charles C. Gillispie]

Generated description

Charles C. Gillispie was an American historian of science known for his influential work on the development of modern science, particularly in France, and for shaping the field through his scholarship and teaching at Princeton University.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Charles C. Gillispie
Target entity description: Charles C. Gillispie was an American historian of science known for his influential work on the development of modern science, particularly in France, and for shaping the field through his scholarship and teaching at Princeton University.

A. 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.
B. Gary S. May
Gary S. May is an American engineer and academic leader who serves as the chancellor of the University of California, Davis and is known for his advocacy for diversity in STEM education.
C. 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.
D. H. Guyford Stever
H. Guyford Stever was an American physicist and engineer who served as director of the National Science Foundation and played a key role in shaping U.S. science and technology policy in the mid-20th century.
E. Donald F. Othmer
Donald F. Othmer was an influential American chemical engineer, inventor, and educator known for co-editing the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology and making major contributions to chemical engineering practice and education.
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.