Triple

T12768331
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Weitz E305181 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz is an American physicist known for his influential work in soft condensed matter physics, including colloids, emulsions, and microfluidics, and for his role as a professor at Harvard University.
E1002579 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: David A. Weitz | Statement: [Weitz, hasNotableBearer, David A. Weitz]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David A. Weitz
Context triple: [Weitz, hasNotableBearer, David A. Weitz]
  • A. Michael P. Brenner
    Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
  • B. Nigel Goldenfeld
    Nigel Goldenfeld is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in statistical physics, complex systems, and fluid dynamics.
  • C. Michael A. Helfant
    Michael A. Helfant is a film producer and entertainment executive known for his work on genre and thriller projects, including the 2013 crime thriller "The Call."
  • D. David P. Landau
    David P. Landau is a physicist renowned for his pioneering work in computational statistical physics and Monte Carlo simulations of phase transitions and critical phenomena.
  • E. Nadrian Seeman
    Nadrian Seeman was a pioneering chemist and nanotechnologist best known for founding the field of DNA nanotechnology by using DNA to create designed nanoscale structures and devices.
  • 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: David A. Weitz
Triple: [Weitz, hasNotableBearer, David A. Weitz]
Generated description
David A. Weitz is an American physicist known for his influential work in soft condensed matter physics, including colloids, emulsions, and microfluidics, and for his role as a professor at Harvard University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David A. Weitz
Target entity description: David A. Weitz is an American physicist known for his influential work in soft condensed matter physics, including colloids, emulsions, and microfluidics, and for his role as a professor at Harvard University.
  • A. Michael P. Brenner
    Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
  • B. Nigel Goldenfeld
    Nigel Goldenfeld is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in statistical physics, complex systems, and fluid dynamics.
  • C. Michael A. Helfant
    Michael A. Helfant is a film producer and entertainment executive known for his work on genre and thriller projects, including the 2013 crime thriller "The Call."
  • D. David P. Landau
    David P. Landau is a physicist renowned for his pioneering work in computational statistical physics and Monte Carlo simulations of phase transitions and critical phenomena.
  • E. Nadrian Seeman
    Nadrian Seeman was a pioneering chemist and nanotechnologist best known for founding the field of DNA nanotechnology by using DNA to create designed nanoscale structures and devices.
  • 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_69d7bdf2b43c819098ae5aa68e61ea58 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96df3b2f88190b37b696400178795 completed April 10, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f684f750a08190abf6122baa579bc4 completed May 2, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6890782c48190ae93866cf39b1c25 completed May 2, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f68976b60881908abf5b69b8c37e6e completed May 2, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m.