Triple

T130538
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Prussian Academy of Sciences E2644 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz was a 19th-century German physician and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to physiology, optics, acoustics, and the conservation of energy.
E16771 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: Hermann von Helmholtz | Statement: [Prussian Academy of Sciences, notableMember, Hermann von Helmholtz]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermann von Helmholtz
Context triple: [Prussian Academy of Sciences, notableMember, Hermann von Helmholtz]
  • A. Ernst Mach
    Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher whose empiricist ideas about science and perception significantly shaped the development of logical positivism and modern philosophy of science.
  • B. 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.
  • C. James Clerk Maxwell
    James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
  • D. Charles Proteus Steinmetz
    Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a pioneering German-American electrical engineer and mathematician whose work on alternating current (AC) systems and electrical theory greatly advanced modern power engineering.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Hermann von Helmholtz
Triple: [Prussian Academy of Sciences, notableMember, Hermann von Helmholtz]
Generated description
Hermann von Helmholtz was a 19th-century German physician and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to physiology, optics, acoustics, and the conservation of energy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermann von Helmholtz
Target entity description: Hermann von Helmholtz was a 19th-century German physician and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to physiology, optics, acoustics, and the conservation of energy.
  • A. Ernst Mach
    Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher whose empiricist ideas about science and perception significantly shaped the development of logical positivism and modern philosophy of science.
  • B. 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.
  • C. James Clerk Maxwell
    James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
  • D. Charles Proteus Steinmetz
    Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a pioneering German-American electrical engineer and mathematician whose work on alternating current (AC) systems and electrical theory greatly advanced modern power engineering.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a2b85e7e4881909322c67388d64247 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2b9df510c81909e784b5e036a9e97 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2ba52c37c8190a6772c7f3fac71b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:30 a.m.