Triple

T130791
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Clerk Maxwell E2648 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves, laying the experimental foundation for modern radio and wireless communication.
E19253 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: Heinrich Hertz | Statement: [James Clerk Maxwell, influenced, Heinrich Hertz]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Hertz
Context triple: [James Clerk Maxwell, influenced, Heinrich Hertz]
  • A. 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.
  • 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. Gustav Kirchhoff
    Gustav Kirchhoff was a 19th-century German physicist best known for formulating Kirchhoff's circuit laws and making foundational contributions to spectroscopy and thermal radiation.
  • D. Hendrik Lorentz
    Hendrik Lorentz was a Dutch physicist renowned for his foundational work on electromagnetism and the Lorentz transformations, which were crucial to the development of Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Heinrich Hertz
Triple: [James Clerk Maxwell, influenced, Heinrich Hertz]
Generated description
Heinrich Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves, laying the experimental foundation for modern radio and wireless communication.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Hertz
Target entity description: Heinrich Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves, laying the experimental foundation for modern radio and wireless communication.
  • A. 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.
  • 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. Gustav Kirchhoff
    Gustav Kirchhoff was a 19th-century German physicist best known for formulating Kirchhoff's circuit laws and making foundational contributions to spectroscopy and thermal radiation.
  • D. Hendrik Lorentz
    Hendrik Lorentz was a Dutch physicist renowned for his foundational work on electromagnetism and the Lorentz transformations, which were crucial to the development of Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a25785ad5c819097c00f31719fea7e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2d0c31ca88190981c66f7a3da0528 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2d188d5c481909db6fe154c769213 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2d1fc07f481908046568ba44006f1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:30 a.m.