Triple

T20022781
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gresham College E494903 entity
Predicate hasNotableProfessor P13831 FINISHED
Object Frank Close
Frank Close is a British particle physicist and popular science author known for his work on the structure of matter and for presenting complex physics topics to the public.
 E1406767 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: Frank Close | Statement: [Gresham College, hasNotableProfessor, Frank Close]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frank Close
Context triple: [Gresham College, hasNotableProfessor, Frank Close]
  • A. John D. Barrow
    John D. Barrow was a British cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and popular science author known for his influential work on the anthropic principle and the mathematical structure of the universe.
  • B. Martin Rees
    Martin Rees is a prominent British cosmologist and astrophysicist who has served as Astronomer Royal and made influential contributions to our understanding of galaxies, black holes, and the large-scale structure of the universe.
  • C. Paul C. W. Davies
    Paul C. W. Davies is a British physicist, cosmologist, and astrobiologist known for his work on quantum field theory in curved spacetime, the foundations of physics, and popular science writing.
  • D. John Randall
    John Randall was a British physicist and biophysicist known for his leadership in molecular biology research at King's College London, where crucial work on the structure of DNA was carried out.
  • E. John Randall
    John Randall is a member of the Randall family, known primarily in relation to Rebecca Randall.
  • 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: Frank Close
Triple: [Gresham College, hasNotableProfessor, Frank Close]
Generated description
Frank Close is a British particle physicist and popular science author known for his work on the structure of matter and for presenting complex physics topics to the public.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frank Close
Target entity description: Frank Close is a British particle physicist and popular science author known for his work on the structure of matter and for presenting complex physics topics to the public.
  • A. John D. Barrow
    John D. Barrow was a British cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and popular science author known for his influential work on the anthropic principle and the mathematical structure of the universe.
  • B. Martin Rees
    Martin Rees is a prominent British cosmologist and astrophysicist who has served as Astronomer Royal and made influential contributions to our understanding of galaxies, black holes, and the large-scale structure of the universe.
  • C. Paul C. W. Davies
    Paul C. W. Davies is a British physicist, cosmologist, and astrobiologist known for his work on quantum field theory in curved spacetime, the foundations of physics, and popular science writing.
  • D. John Randall
    John Randall was a British physicist and biophysicist known for his leadership in molecular biology research at King's College London, where crucial work on the structure of DNA was carried out.
  • E. John Randall
    John Randall is a member of the Randall family, known primarily in relation to Rebecca Randall.
  • 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_69da626bfd288190aa5d65098b6433ae completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66288fc18819083833b55c5e069a6 completed April 20, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a080e2d32008190a770addba6e44adb completed May 16, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a080ec9c56481908b69834b5a1ae105 completed May 16, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a080f6e218c8190b4c7b0d5de9f984c completed May 16, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 3:35 p.m.