Triple
T17122421
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Julian Barbour |
E415501
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Julian Barbour |
E415501
|
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: Julian Barbour | Statement: [Julian Barbour, name, Julian Barbour]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julian Barbour Context triple: [Julian Barbour, name, Julian Barbour]
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A.
Julian Barbour
chosen
Julian Barbour is a British theoretical physicist and philosopher of physics known for his work on the nature of time, relational dynamics, and timeless interpretations of the universe.
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B.
Bryce DeWitt
Bryce DeWitt was an American theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in quantum gravity and the formulation of the Wheeler–DeWitt equation.
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C.
Lee Smolin
Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist known for his foundational work on loop quantum gravity and his influential writings on the nature of space, time, and cosmology.
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D.
John Cramer
John Cramer is an American voice actor and announcer best known for narrating the comedy game show "Funny You Should Ask."
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E.
John Archibald Wheeler
John Archibald Wheeler was a prominent American theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics, general relativity, and nuclear physics, and for coining influential terms such as "black hole."
- 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_69d886d090cc8190a39cb94992586905 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3e80ac2cc819084fab829917c950a |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a013a1062fc8190b1c4e97f42cf3faa |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:08 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:36 a.m.