Triple

T9524735
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject substantia nigra E229730 entity
Predicate suppliesDopamineTo P17063 FINISHED
Object nigrostriatal pathway
The nigrostriatal pathway is a major dopaminergic tract in the brain that connects the substantia nigra to the striatum and is crucial for the control of movement, with degeneration in this pathway underlying Parkinson’s disease.
E804590 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: nigrostriatal pathway | Statement: [substantia nigra, suppliesDopamineTo, nigrostriatal pathway]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: nigrostriatal pathway
Context triple: [substantia nigra, suppliesDopamineTo, nigrostriatal pathway]
  • A. substantia nigra
    The substantia nigra is a midbrain structure rich in dopamine-producing neurons that plays a key role in movement control and is critically involved in Parkinson’s disease.
  • B. basal ganglia
    The basal ganglia are a group of interconnected subcortical nuclei in the brain that play a key role in regulating movement, motor learning, and action selection.
  • C. corticospinal tract
    The corticospinal tract is a major descending motor pathway that carries voluntary movement commands from the cerebral cortex to motor neurons in the spinal cord.
  • D. reticular nucleus of thalamus
    The reticular nucleus of the thalamus is a thin shell of inhibitory (GABAergic) neurons surrounding the thalamus that regulates thalamocortical signaling and plays a key role in attention and sleep rhythms.
  • E. Area X of the basal ganglia
    Area X of the basal ganglia is a specialized songbird basal ganglia nucleus crucial for song learning and production, integrating cortical-like input from HVC within the song control circuit.
  • 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: nigrostriatal pathway
Triple: [substantia nigra, suppliesDopamineTo, nigrostriatal pathway]
Generated description
The nigrostriatal pathway is a major dopaminergic tract in the brain that connects the substantia nigra to the striatum and is crucial for the control of movement, with degeneration in this pathway underlying Parkinson’s disease.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: nigrostriatal pathway
Target entity description: The nigrostriatal pathway is a major dopaminergic tract in the brain that connects the substantia nigra to the striatum and is crucial for the control of movement, with degeneration in this pathway underlying Parkinson’s disease.
  • A. substantia nigra
    The substantia nigra is a midbrain structure rich in dopamine-producing neurons that plays a key role in movement control and is critically involved in Parkinson’s disease.
  • B. basal ganglia
    The basal ganglia are a group of interconnected subcortical nuclei in the brain that play a key role in regulating movement, motor learning, and action selection.
  • C. corticospinal tract
    The corticospinal tract is a major descending motor pathway that carries voluntary movement commands from the cerebral cortex to motor neurons in the spinal cord.
  • D. reticular nucleus of thalamus
    The reticular nucleus of the thalamus is a thin shell of inhibitory (GABAergic) neurons surrounding the thalamus that regulates thalamocortical signaling and plays a key role in attention and sleep rhythms.
  • E. Area X of the basal ganglia
    Area X of the basal ganglia is a specialized songbird basal ganglia nucleus crucial for song learning and production, integrating cortical-like input from HVC within the song control circuit.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: suppliesDopamineTo
Context triple: [substantia nigra, suppliesDopamineTo, nigrostriatal pathway]
  • A. neurotransmitter
    Indicates that one entity functions as a chemical messenger released by a neuron to transmit signals to another cell across a synapse.
  • B. suppliesTo chosen
    Indicates that one entity provides or delivers goods, services, or resources to another entity.
  • C. isMetabolizedBy
    Indicates that a substance is biochemically broken down or transformed through metabolic processes carried out by a specified organism, cell type, or enzyme system.
  • D. suppliesPowerTo
    Indicates that one entity provides electrical or energy power required for the operation or functioning of another entity.
  • E. isCentrallyActing
    Indicates that an entity exerts its primary effect through central (e.g., brain or spinal cord) mechanisms rather than peripheral ones.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ca847870a881909d8d751a7d29da39 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9899f99481908d374528716027f8 completed April 1, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d13a63fb98819095ef44ba26b6be03 completed April 4, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d13b1a07cc8190a3e3f554f81b2ab2 completed April 4, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d13f0eed008190b43e7c7f998188b7 completed April 4, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cca56a3d088190bdc16670678fb6c6 completed April 1, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:59 p.m.