Triple
T1655
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edison Medal |
E31
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ernst Alexanderson
Ernst Alexanderson was a Swedish-American electrical engineer and pioneer in radio and television technology, best known for developing early high-frequency alternators used in long-distance radio communication.
|
E11555
|
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: Ernst Alexanderson | Statement: [Edison Medal, hasRecipient, Ernst Alexanderson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernst Alexanderson Context triple: [Edison Medal, hasRecipient, Ernst Alexanderson]
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A.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a pioneering German-American electrical engineer and mathematician whose work on alternating current (AC) systems and electrical theory greatly advanced modern power engineering.
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B.
Arthur E. Kennelly
Arthur E. Kennelly was a prominent electrical engineer and physicist known for his pioneering work in alternating current theory and radio science.
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C.
Harold Stephen Black
Harold Stephen Black was an American electrical engineer best known for inventing the negative feedback amplifier, a breakthrough that revolutionized electronics and communications.
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D.
Michael I. Pupin
Michael I. Pupin was a Serbian-American physicist and inventor known for his pioneering work in telecommunications and long-distance telephone transmission.
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E.
Lee de Forest
Lee de Forest was an American inventor and radio pioneer best known for creating the Audion vacuum tube, a key development in early electronics and wireless communication.
- 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: Ernst Alexanderson Triple: [Edison Medal, hasRecipient, Ernst Alexanderson]
Generated description
Ernst Alexanderson was a Swedish-American electrical engineer and pioneer in radio and television technology, best known for developing early high-frequency alternators used in long-distance radio communication.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernst Alexanderson Target entity description: Ernst Alexanderson was a Swedish-American electrical engineer and pioneer in radio and television technology, best known for developing early high-frequency alternators used in long-distance radio communication.
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A.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a pioneering German-American electrical engineer and mathematician whose work on alternating current (AC) systems and electrical theory greatly advanced modern power engineering.
-
B.
Arthur E. Kennelly
Arthur E. Kennelly was a prominent electrical engineer and physicist known for his pioneering work in alternating current theory and radio science.
-
C.
Harold Stephen Black
Harold Stephen Black was an American electrical engineer best known for inventing the negative feedback amplifier, a breakthrough that revolutionized electronics and communications.
-
D.
Michael I. Pupin
Michael I. Pupin was a Serbian-American physicist and inventor known for his pioneering work in telecommunications and long-distance telephone transmission.
-
E.
Lee de Forest
Lee de Forest was an American inventor and radio pioneer best known for creating the Audion vacuum tube, a key development in early electronics and wireless communication.
- 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_69a22a285828819081a58308fb963df1 |
completed | Feb. 27, 2026, 11:35 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a232e673a881909276dbf9c37bbff6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 12:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a27bfa1fdc8190ba22f503585051d7 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 5:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a27c5c994c8190857a0f3d8829d249 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a27e688cb88190a9ab0e5422c0d392 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 27, 2026, 11:36 p.m.