Triple

T8998832
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject LMB E214989 entity
Predicate hasNotableResearcher P14810 FINISHED
Object Shankar Balasubramanian
Shankar Balasubramanian is a British chemist best known for co-inventing next-generation DNA sequencing technologies that revolutionized genomics and biomedical research.
 E772136 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: Shankar Balasubramanian | Statement: [LMB, hasNotableResearcher, Shankar Balasubramanian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shankar Balasubramanian
Context triple: [LMB, hasNotableResearcher, Shankar Balasubramanian]
  • A. Alladi Ramakrishnan
    Alladi Ramakrishnan was an Indian theoretical physicist best known for founding the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Matscience) in Chennai and for his contributions to stochastic processes and particle physics.
  • B. Venkataramanan Balakrishnan
    Venkataramanan Balakrishnan is an engineer and academic known for his contributions to control theory and optimization, including collaborative work with Stephen P. Boyd.
  • C. Ramakrishnan Raman
    Ramakrishnan Raman is an Indian academic and administrator who serves as the Vice-Chancellor of Symbiosis International University, overseeing its strategic and educational leadership.
  • D. K. Ramakrishnan
    K. Ramakrishnan is a computer scientist known for his influential work on Internet congestion control and active queue management, including co-authoring the Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) specification.
  • E. Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami
    Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami, better known as Vijayakanth, is an Indian actor-turned-politician from Tamil Nadu who founded the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) party.
  • 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: Shankar Balasubramanian
Triple: [LMB, hasNotableResearcher, Shankar Balasubramanian]
Generated description
Shankar Balasubramanian is a British chemist best known for co-inventing next-generation DNA sequencing technologies that revolutionized genomics and biomedical research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shankar Balasubramanian
Target entity description: Shankar Balasubramanian is a British chemist best known for co-inventing next-generation DNA sequencing technologies that revolutionized genomics and biomedical research.
  • A. Alladi Ramakrishnan
    Alladi Ramakrishnan was an Indian theoretical physicist best known for founding the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Matscience) in Chennai and for his contributions to stochastic processes and particle physics.
  • B. Venkataramanan Balakrishnan
    Venkataramanan Balakrishnan is an engineer and academic known for his contributions to control theory and optimization, including collaborative work with Stephen P. Boyd.
  • C. Ramakrishnan Raman
    Ramakrishnan Raman is an Indian academic and administrator who serves as the Vice-Chancellor of Symbiosis International University, overseeing its strategic and educational leadership.
  • D. K. Ramakrishnan
    K. Ramakrishnan is a computer scientist known for his influential work on Internet congestion control and active queue management, including co-authoring the Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) specification.
  • E. Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami
    Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami, better known as Vijayakanth, is an Indian actor-turned-politician from Tamil Nadu who founded the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) party.
  • 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_69ca83a12d648190b1e4fe11e8a31890 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc68e23734819083a98f4ff0942479 completed April 1, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfd0d987dc81908f1d74f390f18a9c completed April 3, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfd1a32a64819090d423a99ab75362 completed April 3, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfd250593881908312200ba7bba617 completed April 3, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:05 p.m.