Triple
T6434781
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harry Kroto |
E129865
|
entity |
| Predicate | coDiscoveredWith |
P5336
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Smalley
Richard Smalley was an American chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering fullerenes, a new form of carbon.
|
E597703
|
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: Richard Smalley | Statement: [Harry Kroto, coDiscoveredWith, Richard Smalley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Smalley Context triple: [Harry Kroto, coDiscoveredWith, Richard Smalley]
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A.
Robert Curl
Robert Curl was an American chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering buckminsterfullerene (C60), a landmark finding in the field of nanotechnology and carbon chemistry.
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B.
Harry Kroto
Harry Kroto was a British chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering the carbon molecule buckminsterfullerene (C60), a key advance in the field of nanotechnology and carbon chemistry.
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C.
William N. Lipscomb Jr.
William N. Lipscomb Jr. was an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the structure and bonding of boranes and other boron-containing compounds.
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D.
Ronald Breslow
Ronald Breslow was a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in biomimetic chemistry and for major contributions to organic reaction mechanisms and vitamin B₁ chemistry.
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E.
Alan J. Heeger
Alan J. Heeger is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on conductive polymers and organic electronics.
- 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: Richard Smalley Triple: [Harry Kroto, coDiscoveredWith, Richard Smalley]
Generated description
Richard Smalley was an American chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering fullerenes, a new form of carbon.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Smalley Target entity description: Richard Smalley was an American chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering fullerenes, a new form of carbon.
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A.
Robert Curl
Robert Curl was an American chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering buckminsterfullerene (C60), a landmark finding in the field of nanotechnology and carbon chemistry.
-
B.
Harry Kroto
Harry Kroto was a British chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering the carbon molecule buckminsterfullerene (C60), a key advance in the field of nanotechnology and carbon chemistry.
-
C.
William N. Lipscomb Jr.
William N. Lipscomb Jr. was an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the structure and bonding of boranes and other boron-containing compounds.
-
D.
Ronald Breslow
Ronald Breslow was a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in biomimetic chemistry and for major contributions to organic reaction mechanisms and vitamin B₁ chemistry.
-
E.
Alan J. Heeger
Alan J. Heeger is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on conductive polymers and organic electronics.
- 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_69c0084caac48190a7bc2ad8ba44536f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c069415c3c8190b91bd12ae79edd26 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c65fc86d0c8190a254126255a7af1b |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:45 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c660ae1ae48190941b4e0fc1fa6bea |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6615b639c8190af0073368e55ab8d |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:45 p.m.