Triple

T625368
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research E15805 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Edwin C. Whitehead
Edwin C. Whitehead was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and supporting advances in life sciences.
E307619 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: Edwin C. Whitehead | Statement: [Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, foundedBy, Edwin C. Whitehead]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin C. Whitehead
Context triple: [Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, foundedBy, Edwin C. Whitehead]
  • A. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • B. William E. Nickerson
    William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
  • C. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • D. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • 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: Edwin C. Whitehead
Triple: [Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, foundedBy, Edwin C. Whitehead]
Generated description
Edwin C. Whitehead was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and supporting advances in life sciences.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin C. Whitehead
Target entity description: Edwin C. Whitehead was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and supporting advances in life sciences.
  • A. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • B. William E. Nickerson
    William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
  • C. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • D. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • 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_69a4935c131c8190a5378c6bf101e8cc completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49e574444819087999404f3e3ffd9 completed March 1, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b030c02434819090ac58fe8bfe8a4d completed March 10, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b03848313081908025dc231027a20f completed March 10, 2026, 3:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b038fea8d88190b67e3e7c3f54d038 completed March 10, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.