Triple

T1073180
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mildred Dresselhaus E23374 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Gene Dresselhaus
Gene Dresselhaus was an American physicist known for his work in solid-state physics and for his long scientific partnership with his wife, renowned physicist Mildred Dresselhaus.
 E128138 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: Gene Dresselhaus | Statement: [Mildred Dresselhaus, spouse, Gene Dresselhaus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gene Dresselhaus
Context triple: [Mildred Dresselhaus, spouse, Gene Dresselhaus]
  • A. Mildred Dresselhaus
    Mildred Dresselhaus was a pioneering American physicist and electrical engineer known as the “Queen of Carbon” for her groundbreaking work on the electronic properties of carbon materials and her leadership in promoting women in science.
  • B. Phaedon Avouris
    Phaedon Avouris is a Greek-American physicist and nanoscientist renowned for his pioneering research in carbon nanotubes, graphene, and nanoelectronics.
  • C. Shirley Ann Jackson
    Shirley Ann Jackson is an American physicist and trailblazing academic leader renowned for her pioneering research in theoretical physics and for being one of the first Black women to earn a Ph.D. from MIT.
  • D. Nigel Goldenfeld
    Nigel Goldenfeld is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in statistical physics, complex systems, and fluid dynamics.
  • E. Lillian C. McDermott
    Lillian C. McDermott was a pioneering physics education researcher and professor known for transforming the teaching and learning of physics through research-based instructional methods.
  • 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: Gene Dresselhaus
Triple: [Mildred Dresselhaus, spouse, Gene Dresselhaus]
Generated description
Gene Dresselhaus was an American physicist known for his work in solid-state physics and for his long scientific partnership with his wife, renowned physicist Mildred Dresselhaus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gene Dresselhaus
Target entity description: Gene Dresselhaus was an American physicist known for his work in solid-state physics and for his long scientific partnership with his wife, renowned physicist Mildred Dresselhaus.
  • A. Mildred Dresselhaus
    Mildred Dresselhaus was a pioneering American physicist and electrical engineer known as the “Queen of Carbon” for her groundbreaking work on the electronic properties of carbon materials and her leadership in promoting women in science.
  • B. Phaedon Avouris
    Phaedon Avouris is a Greek-American physicist and nanoscientist renowned for his pioneering research in carbon nanotubes, graphene, and nanoelectronics.
  • C. Shirley Ann Jackson
    Shirley Ann Jackson is an American physicist and trailblazing academic leader renowned for her pioneering research in theoretical physics and for being one of the first Black women to earn a Ph.D. from MIT.
  • D. Nigel Goldenfeld
    Nigel Goldenfeld is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in statistical physics, complex systems, and fluid dynamics.
  • E. Lillian C. McDermott
    Lillian C. McDermott was a pioneering physics education researcher and professor known for transforming the teaching and learning of physics through research-based instructional methods.
  • 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_69a493ee1f908190992b5f0d1b04459b completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b92afad88190b7705923f71fc760 completed March 1, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac538856b481908d6a25ee05fb4885 completed March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac544fc41881908daff6b313622619 completed March 7, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5526679081909c9f7458bd316ff6 completed March 7, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.