Triple

T8030939
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ben Goldacre E186974 entity
Predicate awardReceived P11 FINISHED
Object James Randi Educational Foundation award
The James Randi Educational Foundation award is a recognition given by the JREF to individuals who promote critical thinking, scientific skepticism, and the debunking of pseudoscience.
E708378 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: James Randi Educational Foundation award | Statement: [Ben Goldacre, awardReceived, James Randi Educational Foundation award]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Randi Educational Foundation award
Context triple: [Ben Goldacre, awardReceived, James Randi Educational Foundation award]
  • A. National Capital Area Skeptics Award
    The National Capital Area Skeptics Award is a recognition given by a Washington, D.C.–area skeptics organization to individuals who have made significant contributions to scientific skepticism and critical thinking.
  • B. Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest
    The Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest is a prestigious award recognizing individuals who have made outstanding contributions to increasing public understanding and appreciation of science.
  • C. Carl Sagan Memorial Award
    The Carl Sagan Memorial Award is a prestigious honor in astronomy and space science recognizing outstanding contributions to the public understanding and exploration of the cosmos.
  • D. Philip J. Klass Award
    The Philip J. Klass Award is an honor given for outstanding contributions to scientific skepticism and critical inquiry, named after the prominent UFO skeptic Philip J. Klass.
  • E. Richard Dawkins Award
    The Richard Dawkins Award is an honor presented to individuals who exemplify secularism, rationalism, and scientific skepticism in public life.
  • 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: James Randi Educational Foundation award
Triple: [Ben Goldacre, awardReceived, James Randi Educational Foundation award]
Generated description
The James Randi Educational Foundation award is a recognition given by the JREF to individuals who promote critical thinking, scientific skepticism, and the debunking of pseudoscience.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Randi Educational Foundation award
Target entity description: The James Randi Educational Foundation award is a recognition given by the JREF to individuals who promote critical thinking, scientific skepticism, and the debunking of pseudoscience.
  • A. National Capital Area Skeptics Award
    The National Capital Area Skeptics Award is a recognition given by a Washington, D.C.–area skeptics organization to individuals who have made significant contributions to scientific skepticism and critical thinking.
  • B. Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest
    The Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest is a prestigious award recognizing individuals who have made outstanding contributions to increasing public understanding and appreciation of science.
  • C. Carl Sagan Memorial Award
    The Carl Sagan Memorial Award is a prestigious honor in astronomy and space science recognizing outstanding contributions to the public understanding and exploration of the cosmos.
  • D. Philip J. Klass Award
    The Philip J. Klass Award is an honor given for outstanding contributions to scientific skepticism and critical inquiry, named after the prominent UFO skeptic Philip J. Klass.
  • E. Richard Dawkins Award
    The Richard Dawkins Award is an honor presented to individuals who exemplify secularism, rationalism, and scientific skepticism in public life.
  • 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_69ca82ae2d1081909dbfee42b41db419 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3eef921081908d0ea21f142c175a completed March 31, 2026, 3:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc56e812dc81908916fc7163ae344a completed March 31, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc58abd96c8190ab9eeaece67d5408 completed March 31, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc5cc2f71081909cb7c0c245368edb completed March 31, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:22 p.m.