Triple
T8899713
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McCulloch |
E211899
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entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Warren S. McCulloch
Warren S. McCulloch was an American neurophysiologist and cybernetician best known as a founder of computational neuroscience and for co-authoring the seminal 1943 paper that introduced the first mathematical model of artificial neural networks.
|
E764503
|
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: Warren S. McCulloch | Statement: [McCulloch, hasNotableBearer, Warren S. McCulloch]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Warren S. McCulloch Context triple: [McCulloch, hasNotableBearer, Warren S. McCulloch]
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A.
Jerome Y. Lettvin
Jerome Y. Lettvin was an influential American neuroscientist and MIT professor best known for his pioneering work on how the nervous system processes visual information, including the landmark paper “What the frog’s eye tells the frog’s brain.”
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B.
Karl Lashley
Karl Lashley was an influential American psychologist and neuroscientist known for his pioneering research on brain function, learning, and memory, particularly through lesion studies in animals.
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C.
John Eccles
John Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the physiology of synapses and neural communication.
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D.
Walter Rosenblith
Walter Rosenblith was a prominent biophysicist and neuroscientist who became a key figure at MIT, notably serving as provost and helping shape the institute’s postwar research and academic directions.
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E.
Donald Hebb
Donald Hebb was a Canadian psychologist and neuroscientist best known for pioneering theories of synaptic plasticity and learning, encapsulated in the influential concept now known as Hebbian learning.
- 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: Warren S. McCulloch Triple: [McCulloch, hasNotableBearer, Warren S. McCulloch]
Generated description
Warren S. McCulloch was an American neurophysiologist and cybernetician best known as a founder of computational neuroscience and for co-authoring the seminal 1943 paper that introduced the first mathematical model of artificial neural networks.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Warren S. McCulloch Target entity description: Warren S. McCulloch was an American neurophysiologist and cybernetician best known as a founder of computational neuroscience and for co-authoring the seminal 1943 paper that introduced the first mathematical model of artificial neural networks.
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A.
Jerome Y. Lettvin
Jerome Y. Lettvin was an influential American neuroscientist and MIT professor best known for his pioneering work on how the nervous system processes visual information, including the landmark paper “What the frog’s eye tells the frog’s brain.”
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B.
Karl Lashley
Karl Lashley was an influential American psychologist and neuroscientist known for his pioneering research on brain function, learning, and memory, particularly through lesion studies in animals.
-
C.
John Eccles
John Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the physiology of synapses and neural communication.
-
D.
Walter Rosenblith
Walter Rosenblith was a prominent biophysicist and neuroscientist who became a key figure at MIT, notably serving as provost and helping shape the institute’s postwar research and academic directions.
-
E.
Donald Hebb
Donald Hebb was a Canadian psychologist and neuroscientist best known for pioneering theories of synaptic plasticity and learning, encapsulated in the influential concept now known as Hebbian learning.
- 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_69ca83918d3081909b326fa3750cb8c8 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc64278b208190afc3dec64ecdb0f5 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfac10be588190bd1b44f09ded7826 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 12:01 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cfacc9b53081909bd3505cff0a7722 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 12:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cfad73f7a8819089ee3dadf321220e |
completed | April 3, 2026, 12:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:54 p.m.