Triple
T15571749
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zeigler, Illinois |
E374259
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthplaceOf |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nick Holonyak Jr. |
E9976
|
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: Nick Holonyak Jr. | Statement: [Zeigler, Illinois, birthplaceOf, Nick Holonyak Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Holonyak Jr. Context triple: [Zeigler, Illinois, birthplaceOf, Nick Holonyak Jr.]
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A.
Nick Holonyak Jr.
chosen
Nick Holonyak Jr. was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED, earning him recognition as a pioneer in semiconductor lighting technology.
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B.
Shuji Nakamura
Shuji Nakamura is a Japanese-American engineer and physicist best known for inventing the efficient blue LED, a breakthrough that enabled modern white LED lighting and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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C.
Herbert Kroemer
Herbert Kroemer is a German-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in semiconductor heterostructures and high-speed electronic devices.
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D.
George Heilmeier
George Heilmeier was an American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering liquid crystal display (LCD) technology and later leading major research organizations in industry and government.
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E.
Jean Hoerni
Jean Hoerni was a Swiss-born physicist and engineer best known for inventing the planar process, a foundational technology that enabled the modern semiconductor and integrated circuit industry.
- 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_69d85ccd575081908909b71a3f3e3a61 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04e2025888190a2b6240296bba13e |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:49 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff56c231e0819083d6032eb21114b2 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 3:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.