Triple

T130471
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Zurich E2643 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object Wilhelm Röntgen
Wilhelm Röntgen was a German physicist best known for discovering X-rays, a breakthrough that earned him the first-ever Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
E16205 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: Wilhelm Röntgen | Statement: [University of Zurich, hasNotableAlumnus, Wilhelm Röntgen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilhelm Röntgen
Context triple: [University of Zurich, hasNotableAlumnus, Wilhelm Röntgen]
  • A. J. J. Thomson
    J. J. Thomson was a British physicist best known for discovering the electron and proposing the "plum pudding" model of the atom.
  • B. Arthur E. Kennelly
    Arthur E. Kennelly was a prominent electrical engineer and physicist known for his pioneering work in alternating current theory and radio science.
  • C. Jean Perrin
    Jean Perrin was a French physicist who confirmed the atomic nature of matter through his pioneering experimental studies of Brownian motion, work for which he received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • D. Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
    Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma was a German Wehrmacht general and tank commander in World War II, best known for leading armored forces in the North African campaign.
  • E. Ernst Alexanderson
    Ernst Alexanderson was a Swedish-American electrical engineer and pioneer in radio and television technology, best known for developing early high-frequency alternators used in long-distance radio communication.
  • 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: Wilhelm Röntgen
Triple: [University of Zurich, hasNotableAlumnus, Wilhelm Röntgen]
Generated description
Wilhelm Röntgen was a German physicist best known for discovering X-rays, a breakthrough that earned him the first-ever Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilhelm Röntgen
Target entity description: Wilhelm Röntgen was a German physicist best known for discovering X-rays, a breakthrough that earned him the first-ever Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
  • A. J. J. Thomson
    J. J. Thomson was a British physicist best known for discovering the electron and proposing the "plum pudding" model of the atom.
  • B. Arthur E. Kennelly
    Arthur E. Kennelly was a prominent electrical engineer and physicist known for his pioneering work in alternating current theory and radio science.
  • C. Jean Perrin
    Jean Perrin was a French physicist who confirmed the atomic nature of matter through his pioneering experimental studies of Brownian motion, work for which he received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • D. Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
    Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma was a German Wehrmacht general and tank commander in World War II, best known for leading armored forces in the North African campaign.
  • E. Ernst Alexanderson
    Ernst Alexanderson was a Swedish-American electrical engineer and pioneer in radio and television technology, best known for developing early high-frequency alternators used in long-distance radio communication.
  • 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_69a2520c0f3481908b0ed054a2fca8d0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257845c548190bfb49409988d1c57 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2b4b90654819092780651ae9408e9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2b54973388190bd1eb424593d607a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2b5ab4cc481908f14b3c8274d8891 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:30 a.m.