Triple

T8804612
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harvey E209494 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Harvey J. Alter
Harvey J. Alter is an American physician and virologist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work in the discovery of the hepatitis C virus and advances in blood safety.
 E758337 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: Harvey J. Alter | Statement: [Harvey, hasNotableBearer, Harvey J. Alter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harvey J. Alter
Context triple: [Harvey, hasNotableBearer, Harvey J. Alter]
  • A. Harold Varmus
    Harold Varmus is a Nobel Prize–winning American cancer researcher and former director of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute.
  • B. Jacob Varmus
    Jacob Varmus is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his work in the New York City jazz scene.
  • C. Karl Gajdusek
    Karl Gajdusek is an American screenwriter, producer, and showrunner known for his work on films such as "The King’s Man" and the TV series "Last Resort."
  • D. Christopher Varmus
    Christopher Varmus is one of the sons of Nobel Prize–winning American cancer researcher and former NIH director Harold Varmus.
  • E. Harald zur Hausen
    Harald zur Hausen was a German virologist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the link between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer.
  • 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: Harvey J. Alter
Triple: [Harvey, hasNotableBearer, Harvey J. Alter]
Generated description
Harvey J. Alter is an American physician and virologist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work in the discovery of the hepatitis C virus and advances in blood safety.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harvey J. Alter
Target entity description: Harvey J. Alter is an American physician and virologist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work in the discovery of the hepatitis C virus and advances in blood safety.
  • A. Harold Varmus
    Harold Varmus is a Nobel Prize–winning American cancer researcher and former director of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute.
  • B. Jacob Varmus
    Jacob Varmus is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his work in the New York City jazz scene.
  • C. Karl Gajdusek
    Karl Gajdusek is an American screenwriter, producer, and showrunner known for his work on films such as "The King’s Man" and the TV series "Last Resort."
  • D. Christopher Varmus
    Christopher Varmus is one of the sons of Nobel Prize–winning American cancer researcher and former NIH director Harold Varmus.
  • E. Harald zur Hausen
    Harald zur Hausen was a German virologist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the link between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer.
  • 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_69ca836320e48190b5cf585b90a322c4 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5fbe15b081909e87dab6b5029d04 completed March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf6f8e4eac819097470566d325b385 completed April 3, 2026, 7:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf71aaa4b881908440302910c29248 completed April 3, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf7288d7748190999aa63bf8faf69f completed April 3, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:44 p.m.