Triple

T145484
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Freeman Dyson E2943 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object William H. Press
William H. Press is an American astrophysicist and computational scientist known for his influential work in numerical analysis, cosmology, and science policy, including co-authoring the widely used textbook "Numerical Recipes."
 E29185 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: William H. Press | Statement: [Freeman Dyson, notableStudent, William H. Press]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Press
Context triple: [Freeman Dyson, notableStudent, William H. Press]
  • A. Norman Spinrad
    Norman Spinrad is an American science fiction author known for his provocative, politically charged novels and short stories, including "Bug Jack Barron" and "The Iron Dream."
  • B. Robert B. Leighton
    Robert B. Leighton was an American experimental physicist and educator known for his contributions to cosmic-ray and infrared astronomy and for coauthoring the influential Feynman Lectures on Physics.
  • C. Thomas Kailath
    Thomas Kailath is an Indian-American electrical engineer and Stanford professor renowned for his influential contributions to information theory, control, and signal processing.
  • D. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • E. Dr. Newton Geiszler
    Dr. Newton Geiszler is an eccentric and brilliant kaiju-obsessed scientist who plays a key role in understanding and combating the monstrous threats in the Pacific Rim universe.
  • 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: William H. Press
Triple: [Freeman Dyson, notableStudent, William H. Press]
Generated description
William H. Press is an American astrophysicist and computational scientist known for his influential work in numerical analysis, cosmology, and science policy, including co-authoring the widely used textbook "Numerical Recipes."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Press
Target entity description: William H. Press is an American astrophysicist and computational scientist known for his influential work in numerical analysis, cosmology, and science policy, including co-authoring the widely used textbook "Numerical Recipes."
  • A. Norman Spinrad
    Norman Spinrad is an American science fiction author known for his provocative, politically charged novels and short stories, including "Bug Jack Barron" and "The Iron Dream."
  • B. Robert B. Leighton
    Robert B. Leighton was an American experimental physicist and educator known for his contributions to cosmic-ray and infrared astronomy and for coauthoring the influential Feynman Lectures on Physics.
  • C. Thomas Kailath
    Thomas Kailath is an Indian-American electrical engineer and Stanford professor renowned for his influential contributions to information theory, control, and signal processing.
  • D. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • E. Dr. Newton Geiszler
    Dr. Newton Geiszler is an eccentric and brilliant kaiju-obsessed scientist who plays a key role in understanding and combating the monstrous threats in the Pacific Rim universe.
  • 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_69a2521e35c08190b28e5c9f1e3c9b59 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257ea7eac8190884a53453a9e0dd6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a35b61bdfc8190a399f0b4f09672ab completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a35bda2f2881908451ac1861bc5e22 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a35c7340d08190bdf142d265369af5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.