Triple

T15946
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Albert Einstein E318 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Hermann Minkowski
Hermann Minkowski was a German mathematician and physicist best known for formulating the four-dimensional spacetime framework that underpins the theory of relativity.
E2649 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: Hermann Minkowski | Statement: [Albert Einstein, influencedBy, Hermann Minkowski]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermann Minkowski
Context triple: [Albert Einstein, influencedBy, Hermann Minkowski]
  • A. Albert Einstein
    Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity and fundamentally reshaping modern physics.
  • B. Detlev W. Bronk
    Detlev W. Bronk was an influential American scientist and educator known as a pioneer of biophysics and a prominent leader in national science policy.
  • C. Oskar Morgenstern
    Oskar Morgenstern was an Austrian-American economist best known as the co-founder of game theory through his seminal work "Theory of Games and Economic Behavior" with John von Neumann.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Theodor
    Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.
  • 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: Hermann Minkowski
Triple: [Albert Einstein, influencedBy, Hermann Minkowski]
Generated description
Hermann Minkowski was a German mathematician and physicist best known for formulating the four-dimensional spacetime framework that underpins the theory of relativity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermann Minkowski
Target entity description: Hermann Minkowski was a German mathematician and physicist best known for formulating the four-dimensional spacetime framework that underpins the theory of relativity.
  • A. Albert Einstein
    Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity and fundamentally reshaping modern physics.
  • B. Detlev W. Bronk
    Detlev W. Bronk was an influential American scientist and educator known as a pioneer of biophysics and a prominent leader in national science policy.
  • C. Oskar Morgenstern
    Oskar Morgenstern was an Austrian-American economist best known as the co-founder of game theory through his seminal work "Theory of Games and Economic Behavior" with John von Neumann.
  • D. Erich Neumann
    Erich Neumann was a German economist and Nazi official who held senior positions in the Third Reich’s economic administration and participated in high-level policy meetings during World War II.
  • E. 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.
  • 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.