Triple

T9845084
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Südhof E239319 entity
Predicate NobelPrizeSharedWith P1859 FINISHED
Object James Rothman
James Rothman is an American cell biologist and biochemist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of vesicle trafficking, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
E824765 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 Rothman | Statement: [Thomas Südhof, NobelPrizeSharedWith, James Rothman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Rothman
Context triple: [Thomas Südhof, NobelPrizeSharedWith, James Rothman]
  • A. Thomas Südhof
    Thomas Südhof is a German-American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission.
  • B. George E. Palade
    George E. Palade was a Romanian-American cell biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in electron microscopy and the discovery of ribosomes.
  • C. Yoshinori Ohsumi
    Yoshinori Ohsumi is a Japanese cell biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering discoveries on the mechanisms of autophagy.
  • D. Richard Losick
    Richard Losick is an American molecular biologist renowned for his research on bacterial development and gene regulation, particularly in Bacillus subtilis.
  • E. Thomas Gerdine
    Thomas Gerdine was an early mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Glacier Peak in Washington State.
  • 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 Rothman
Triple: [Thomas Südhof, NobelPrizeSharedWith, James Rothman]
Generated description
James Rothman is an American cell biologist and biochemist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of vesicle trafficking, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Rothman
Target entity description: James Rothman is an American cell biologist and biochemist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of vesicle trafficking, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  • A. Thomas Südhof
    Thomas Südhof is a German-American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission.
  • B. George E. Palade
    George E. Palade was a Romanian-American cell biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in electron microscopy and the discovery of ribosomes.
  • C. Yoshinori Ohsumi
    Yoshinori Ohsumi is a Japanese cell biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering discoveries on the mechanisms of autophagy.
  • D. Richard Losick
    Richard Losick is an American molecular biologist renowned for his research on bacterial development and gene regulation, particularly in Bacillus subtilis.
  • E. Thomas Gerdine
    Thomas Gerdine was an early mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Glacier Peak in Washington State.
  • 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_69ca84e3f0c48190ada72a65ebd50efd completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb35ff7848190a8a717773d8654b9 completed April 2, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1d5dda4b0819092703270e87bee5a completed April 5, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1d6815e28819081788393cda63bc0 completed April 5, 2026, 3:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1d75210f4819096ee05a8b870581e completed April 5, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:33 p.m.