Triple
T778022
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Watson |
E16431
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mark Ptashne
Mark Ptashne is an American molecular biologist renowned for his pioneering work on gene regulation and the discovery of how transcription factors control gene expression in phage and eukaryotic systems.
|
E97006
|
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: Mark Ptashne | Statement: [James Watson, notableStudent, Mark Ptashne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Ptashne Context triple: [James Watson, notableStudent, Mark Ptashne]
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A.
Phillip A. Sharp
Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of RNA splicing and his long-standing research and leadership at MIT.
-
B.
J. Michael Bishop
J. Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes, fundamentally advancing cancer biology.
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C.
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a German developmental biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for her pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development in Drosophila.
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D.
Christopher Varmus
Christopher Varmus is one of the sons of Nobel Prize–winning American cancer researcher and former NIH director Harold Varmus.
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E.
Walter Gilbert
Walter Gilbert is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in DNA sequencing and gene regulation.
- 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: Mark Ptashne Triple: [James Watson, notableStudent, Mark Ptashne]
Generated description
Mark Ptashne is an American molecular biologist renowned for his pioneering work on gene regulation and the discovery of how transcription factors control gene expression in phage and eukaryotic systems.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Ptashne Target entity description: Mark Ptashne is an American molecular biologist renowned for his pioneering work on gene regulation and the discovery of how transcription factors control gene expression in phage and eukaryotic systems.
-
A.
Phillip A. Sharp
Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of RNA splicing and his long-standing research and leadership at MIT.
-
B.
J. Michael Bishop
J. Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes, fundamentally advancing cancer biology.
-
C.
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a German developmental biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for her pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development in Drosophila.
-
D.
Christopher Varmus
Christopher Varmus is one of the sons of Nobel Prize–winning American cancer researcher and former NIH director Harold Varmus.
-
E.
Walter Gilbert
Walter Gilbert is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in DNA sequencing and gene regulation.
- 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_69a4936ad1fc81908f190208059ccf78 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a74f886081909c27b786e3adbe32 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d7a0a088190972b9505ecd43d65 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a78873daf48190aa4958a79f495903 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a788f364148190baae8fc3aecd04ab |
completed | March 4, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.