Triple

T14149574
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Adam Fleming Medal E350638 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Walter M. Elsasser
Walter M. Elsasser was a German-born American physicist and geophysicist best known for pioneering the theory of the Earth's dynamo mechanism that explains the planet's magnetic field.
 E1083282 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: Walter M. Elsasser | Statement: [John Adam Fleming Medal, notableRecipient, Walter M. Elsasser]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter M. Elsasser
Context triple: [John Adam Fleming Medal, notableRecipient, Walter M. Elsasser]
  • A. John Plamenatz
    John Plamenatz was a prominent 20th-century political philosopher, best known for his influential work on political obligation, liberalism, and the interpretation of classic political theorists.
  • B. Helmut Weinert
    Helmut Weinert is a relatively obscure individual about whom no widely known public or historical information is readily available.
  • C. Alfred Landé
    Alfred Landé was a German-American physicist best known for his work in quantum theory and atomic spectroscopy, including the introduction of the Landé g-factor.
  • D. David Hirschfelder
    David Hirschfelder is an Australian composer and musician best known for his acclaimed film scores and work on major international movies.
  • E. Martin C. Weisskopf
    Martin C. Weisskopf is an American astrophysicist renowned for his pioneering work in X-ray astronomy and leadership of major space observatory missions.
  • 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: Walter M. Elsasser
Triple: [John Adam Fleming Medal, notableRecipient, Walter M. Elsasser]
Generated description
Walter M. Elsasser was a German-born American physicist and geophysicist best known for pioneering the theory of the Earth's dynamo mechanism that explains the planet's magnetic field.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter M. Elsasser
Target entity description: Walter M. Elsasser was a German-born American physicist and geophysicist best known for pioneering the theory of the Earth's dynamo mechanism that explains the planet's magnetic field.
  • A. John Plamenatz
    John Plamenatz was a prominent 20th-century political philosopher, best known for his influential work on political obligation, liberalism, and the interpretation of classic political theorists.
  • B. Helmut Weinert
    Helmut Weinert is a relatively obscure individual about whom no widely known public or historical information is readily available.
  • C. Alfred Landé
    Alfred Landé was a German-American physicist best known for his work in quantum theory and atomic spectroscopy, including the introduction of the Landé g-factor.
  • D. David Hirschfelder
    David Hirschfelder is an Australian composer and musician best known for his acclaimed film scores and work on major international movies.
  • E. Martin C. Weisskopf
    Martin C. Weisskopf is an American astrophysicist renowned for his pioneering work in X-ray astronomy and leadership of major space observatory missions.
  • 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_69d827865f608190b311820428ae027b completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de61237ef481909374c1f68a2370b7 completed April 14, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcf7e86820819099d6e3d3d4229f0d completed May 7, 2026, 8:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd0038412881909bd164a7188654f2 completed May 7, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd00a72a708190acf10aa0fc1d3e52 completed May 7, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:55 a.m.