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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.