Triple

T15945
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Albert Einstein E318 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
 E2648 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: James Clerk Maxwell | Statement: [Albert Einstein, influencedBy, James Clerk Maxwell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Clerk Maxwell
Context triple: [Albert Einstein, influencedBy, James Clerk Maxwell]
  • A. Isaac Newton
    Isaac Newton was a 17th-century English mathematician, physicist, and natural philosopher whose formulation of classical mechanics and universal gravitation laid the foundations of modern science.
  • B. Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
    Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist best known for pioneering the theory of heat conduction and developing Fourier series, which laid the foundations of modern Fourier analysis.
  • C. Albert Einstein
    Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity and fundamentally reshaping modern physics.
  • D. William Barton Rogers
    William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
  • E. Newton
    Newton is a suburban city in Massachusetts known for its residential neighborhoods, strong public schools, and proximity to Boston.
  • 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: James Clerk Maxwell
Triple: [Albert Einstein, influencedBy, James Clerk Maxwell]
Generated description
James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Clerk Maxwell
Target entity description: James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
  • A. Isaac Newton
    Isaac Newton was a 17th-century English mathematician, physicist, and natural philosopher whose formulation of classical mechanics and universal gravitation laid the foundations of modern science.
  • B. Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
    Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist best known for pioneering the theory of heat conduction and developing Fourier series, which laid the foundations of modern Fourier analysis.
  • C. Albert Einstein
    Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity and fundamentally reshaping modern physics.
  • D. William Barton Rogers
    William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
  • E. Newton
    Newton is a suburban city in Massachusetts known for its residential neighborhoods, strong public schools, and proximity to Boston.
  • 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_69a23d7ad88c8190bffe8ab091d86642 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2400257208190b3cd87ad2a06c18f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a24e56618081909ba0879a05cd698c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a250c8cf7c8190b71c65d204d21fd8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2514627f081909a032877d07b30bf completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:02 a.m.