Triple

T1733072
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory E37856 entity
Predicate employed P7 FINISHED
Object Jerrold R. Zacharias
Jerrold R. Zacharias was an American physicist best known for his work on radar development during World War II and for pioneering the atomic clock.
 E305361 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: Jerrold R. Zacharias | Statement: [Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory, employed, Jerrold R. Zacharias]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jerrold R. Zacharias
Context triple: [Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory, employed, Jerrold R. Zacharias]
  • A. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • B. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • C. Joel J. Richard
    Joel J. Richard is a film composer best known for co-scoring high-octane action movies, including entries in the John Wick franchise.
  • D. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • E. Robert J. Kolenkow
    Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
  • 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: Jerrold R. Zacharias
Triple: [Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory, employed, Jerrold R. Zacharias]
Generated description
Jerrold R. Zacharias was an American physicist best known for his work on radar development during World War II and for pioneering the atomic clock.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jerrold R. Zacharias
Target entity description: Jerrold R. Zacharias was an American physicist best known for his work on radar development during World War II and for pioneering the atomic clock.
  • A. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • B. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • C. Joel J. Richard
    Joel J. Richard is a film composer best known for co-scoring high-octane action movies, including entries in the John Wick franchise.
  • D. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • E. Robert J. Kolenkow
    Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
  • 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_69a8861cc6ac8190ac0b2e31ccf62851 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa63a0308c81909145dec7069bd06e completed March 6, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b01ce7643081908a1a939b9f4c1d59 completed March 10, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b01def4f408190a0fcdba125b642bc completed March 10, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b01e75d3c4819097fd86902eccd8c4 completed March 10, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.