Triple

T1225536
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steven Weinberg E26318 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Sam Treiman
Sam Treiman was an influential American theoretical physicist known for major contributions to particle physics and for mentoring prominent physicists, including Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg.
E149082 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: Sam Treiman | Statement: [Steven Weinberg, doctoralAdvisor, Sam Treiman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Treiman
Context triple: [Steven Weinberg, doctoralAdvisor, Sam Treiman]
  • A. Andrew Darwin
    Andrew Darwin is an individual notable for bearing the Darwin surname, historically associated with the famous naturalist Charles Darwin.
  • B. Alan Cottrell
    Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.
  • C. Murray Sueter
    Murray Sueter was a pioneering British naval officer and aviation advocate who played a key role in the early development of naval air power in the United Kingdom.
  • D. Lew Hayman
    Lew Hayman was a prominent Canadian football coach and executive, best known for his influential roles with teams like the Toronto Argonauts and for helping shape the modern Canadian Football League.
  • E. Robert Waterman
    Robert Waterman was the 17th governor of California, serving from 1887 to 1891 after previously working as a businessman and politician.
  • 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: Sam Treiman
Triple: [Steven Weinberg, doctoralAdvisor, Sam Treiman]
Generated description
Sam Treiman was an influential American theoretical physicist known for major contributions to particle physics and for mentoring prominent physicists, including Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Treiman
Target entity description: Sam Treiman was an influential American theoretical physicist known for major contributions to particle physics and for mentoring prominent physicists, including Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg.
  • A. Andrew Darwin
    Andrew Darwin is an individual notable for bearing the Darwin surname, historically associated with the famous naturalist Charles Darwin.
  • B. Alan Cottrell
    Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.
  • C. Murray Sueter
    Murray Sueter was a pioneering British naval officer and aviation advocate who played a key role in the early development of naval air power in the United Kingdom.
  • D. Lew Hayman
    Lew Hayman was a prominent Canadian football coach and executive, best known for his influential roles with teams like the Toronto Argonauts and for helping shape the modern Canadian Football League.
  • E. Robert Waterman
    Robert Waterman was the 17th governor of California, serving from 1887 to 1891 after previously working as a businessman and politician.
  • 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_69a49484688c8190a1bf285eb396a8b6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4be39908481908cca21aaf0828415 completed March 1, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acb2f8a4208190bfcfeccc886de987 completed March 7, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acb3b3e1cc819095590887896a67aa completed March 7, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acb42f96f88190909efa3342b88e70 completed March 7, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.