Triple

T12408481
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frederic Ives Medal E296449 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Malvin Carl Teich
Malvin Carl Teich is an American physicist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to quantum optics, photonics, and information theory.
E980827 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: Malvin Carl Teich | Statement: [Frederic Ives Medal, notableRecipient, Malvin Carl Teich]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malvin Carl Teich
Context triple: [Frederic Ives Medal, notableRecipient, Malvin Carl Teich]
  • A. Marvin Duchow
    Marvin Duchow was a Canadian musicologist and influential professor of music at McGill University, known for his scholarship in Renaissance and Baroque music.
  • B. Louis B. Sohn
    Louis B. Sohn was a prominent international law scholar and advocate who played a key role in the development of the United Nations and modern international legal institutions.
  • C. Ralph Stein
    Ralph Stein was an American cartoonist, illustrator, and author best known for his work on the comic strip "Popeye" and for his books on World War II and automobiles.
  • D. Elmer Bischoff
    Elmer Bischoff was an influential American painter associated with the Bay Area Figurative Movement, known for transitioning from Abstract Expressionism to expressive figurative work.
  • E. Eugene Schiff
    Eugene Schiff was an American physician and hepatologist renowned for his pioneering contributions to the study and treatment of liver diseases.
  • 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: Malvin Carl Teich
Triple: [Frederic Ives Medal, notableRecipient, Malvin Carl Teich]
Generated description
Malvin Carl Teich is an American physicist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to quantum optics, photonics, and information theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malvin Carl Teich
Target entity description: Malvin Carl Teich is an American physicist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to quantum optics, photonics, and information theory.
  • A. Marvin Duchow
    Marvin Duchow was a Canadian musicologist and influential professor of music at McGill University, known for his scholarship in Renaissance and Baroque music.
  • B. Louis B. Sohn
    Louis B. Sohn was a prominent international law scholar and advocate who played a key role in the development of the United Nations and modern international legal institutions.
  • C. Ralph Stein
    Ralph Stein was an American cartoonist, illustrator, and author best known for his work on the comic strip "Popeye" and for his books on World War II and automobiles.
  • D. Elmer Bischoff
    Elmer Bischoff was an influential American painter associated with the Bay Area Figurative Movement, known for transitioning from Abstract Expressionism to expressive figurative work.
  • E. Eugene Schiff
    Eugene Schiff was an American physician and hepatologist renowned for his pioneering contributions to the study and treatment of liver diseases.
  • 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_69d6ad9f464c81909db36d7e96e34b9e completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94d4a08e0819085c656e35038e6b2 completed April 10, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f63488cac08190a81b2151c827932e completed May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f635997b088190b6207fcac5594eb2 completed May 2, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f636d727a08190882eec3fd664b64d completed May 2, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:55 p.m.