Triple
T1465571
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald Davies |
E27013
|
entity |
| Predicate | workInstitution |
P1203
|
FINISHED |
| Object | National Physical Laboratory |
E68807
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: National Physical Laboratory | Statement: [Donald Davies, workInstitution, National Physical Laboratory]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Physical Laboratory Context triple: [Donald Davies, workInstitution, National Physical Laboratory]
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A.
National Physical Laboratory
chosen
The National Physical Laboratory is the United Kingdom’s national measurement standards laboratory, renowned for its pioneering research in physics, engineering, and metrology.
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B.
Cavendish Laboratory
Cavendish Laboratory is the University of Cambridge’s historic physics research center, renowned for groundbreaking discoveries such as the structure of DNA and the electron.
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C.
National Physical Laboratory of India
The National Physical Laboratory of India is the country’s premier national metrology institute, responsible for maintaining national measurement standards and providing high-precision time and frequency services.
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D.
Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company
Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company was a pioneering British firm based in Cambridge that became renowned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for designing and manufacturing precision scientific instruments for research and education.
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E.
Radium Institute
The Radium Institute was a pioneering research center in Paris dedicated to the study of radioactivity and nuclear physics, closely associated with Marie Curie’s groundbreaking work.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a496d25d6881909dbd84f86d763992 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c5bb4e288190997c7e8985e9a2bd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad15a4d4b48190bda15e333f7efd7f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:01 p.m.