Triple
T10550335
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kip Thorne |
E248929
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sean Carroll |
E728256
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Sean Carroll | Statement: [Kip Thorne, notableStudent, Sean Carroll]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sean Carroll Context triple: [Kip Thorne, notableStudent, Sean Carroll]
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A.
Sean Carroll
chosen
Sean Carroll is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist known for his work on the foundations of quantum mechanics, the arrow of time, and for popular science books and public debates about science and religion.
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B.
Lawrence M. Krauss
Lawrence M. Krauss is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and prominent science communicator known for his work on dark energy, the origins of the universe, and his outspoken advocacy of atheism and scientific skepticism.
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C.
Brian Greene
Brian Greene is an American theoretical physicist and bestselling author known for his work on string theory and for popularizing complex physics concepts through books and television programs.
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D.
Paul Steinhardt
Paul Steinhardt is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist known for his work on inflationary cosmology, the cyclic model of the universe, and the theoretical prediction of quasicrystals.
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E.
Lee Smolin
Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist known for his foundational work on loop quantum gravity and his influential writings on the nature of space, time, and cosmology.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d381c733c08190ab1dd6239f5f34ae |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d526d3e45c819099b360f9cfd3dd50 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 3:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d934639b3481908204db41101132c3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:34 p.m.