Triple
T16589521
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stern–Gerlach Medal |
E403045
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walther Gerlach
Walther Gerlach was a German physicist best known for co-conducting the Stern–Gerlach experiment, which provided key evidence for quantum spin and space quantization.
|
E1224357
|
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: Walther Gerlach | Statement: [Stern–Gerlach Medal, namedAfter, Walther Gerlach]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walther Gerlach Context triple: [Stern–Gerlach Medal, namedAfter, Walther Gerlach]
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A.
Otto Stern
Otto Stern was a German physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in molecular beams and quantum physics, including the famous Stern–Gerlach experiment.
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B.
Julius Plücker
Julius Plücker was a 19th-century German mathematician and physicist known for his pioneering work in analytic and projective geometry as well as early contributions to spectroscopy.
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C.
Gustav Hertz
Gustav Hertz was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for the Franck–Hertz experiment, which provided key evidence for the quantization of energy levels in atoms.
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D.
Hans Peter Hallwachs
Hans Peter Hallwachs was a German actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theater from the 1960s onward.
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E.
Alfred Landé
Alfred Landé was a German-American physicist best known for his work in quantum theory and atomic spectroscopy, including the introduction of the Landé g-factor.
- 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: Walther Gerlach Triple: [Stern–Gerlach Medal, namedAfter, Walther Gerlach]
Generated description
Walther Gerlach was a German physicist best known for co-conducting the Stern–Gerlach experiment, which provided key evidence for quantum spin and space quantization.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walther Gerlach Target entity description: Walther Gerlach was a German physicist best known for co-conducting the Stern–Gerlach experiment, which provided key evidence for quantum spin and space quantization.
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A.
Otto Stern
Otto Stern was a German physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in molecular beams and quantum physics, including the famous Stern–Gerlach experiment.
-
B.
Julius Plücker
Julius Plücker was a 19th-century German mathematician and physicist known for his pioneering work in analytic and projective geometry as well as early contributions to spectroscopy.
-
C.
Gustav Hertz
Gustav Hertz was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for the Franck–Hertz experiment, which provided key evidence for the quantization of energy levels in atoms.
-
D.
Hans Peter Hallwachs
Hans Peter Hallwachs was a German actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theater from the 1960s onward.
-
E.
Alfred Landé
Alfred Landé was a German-American physicist best known for his work in quantum theory and atomic spectroscopy, including the introduction of the Landé g-factor.
- 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_69d88387363c8190a97a0c942130de97 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3599f3d18819082b3e6eef5506731 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 10:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a007da6d6f08190a8524b1c955b7c2e |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a007ee625c48190a7a97f34d5788808 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a007f7929ac819092724e6efc57c924 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:52 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.