Triple
T1783899
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | wave theory of light |
E39346
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalProponent |
P9868
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Young |
E8012
|
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: Thomas Young | Statement: [wave theory of light, historicalProponent, Thomas Young]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Young Context triple: [wave theory of light, historicalProponent, Thomas Young]
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A.
Thomas Young
chosen
Thomas Young was an English polymath and physician renowned for his pioneering work in optics, particularly the wave theory of light and the famous double-slit experiment.
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B.
William Whewell
William Whewell was a 19th-century English polymath, philosopher, and historian of science known for coining key scientific terms and shaping the philosophy of scientific method.
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C.
John Playfair
John Playfair was an 18th–19th century Scottish mathematician, physicist, and geologist best known for popularizing James Hutton’s geological theories and for Playfair’s axiom in geometry.
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D.
Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Darwin was an 18th-century English physician, natural philosopher, and poet who proposed early ideas about biological evolution and influenced later evolutionary thought.
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E.
William Marsden
William Marsden was a prominent 19th-century British surgeon and medical philanthropist who founded both the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
- 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_69a88630519c8190a17addd83c4a3ef4 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abaffee0f88190aa7a42ef4a4e2bd2 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada9a1aa8481908cbcecde85804461 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.