Triple

T20200886
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Acta Materialia Gold Medal E493212 entity
Predicate hasAwarded P2391 FINISHED
Object M. A. Meyers
M. A. Meyers is a prominent materials scientist known for his influential research in dynamic behavior of materials and impact phenomena.
 E1418549 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: M. A. Meyers | Statement: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, M. A. Meyers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: M. A. Meyers
Context triple: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, M. A. Meyers]
  • A. David J. Srolovitz
    David J. Srolovitz is a prominent materials scientist known for his pioneering theoretical and computational work on microstructure evolution and materials behavior.
  • B. Armin H. Meyer
    Armin H. Meyer was an American diplomat best known for his influential service in the Middle East and South Asia during the Cold War era.
  • C. Michael F. Ashby
    Michael F. Ashby is a British materials scientist renowned for pioneering materials selection methods and design tools that have profoundly influenced engineering education and practice.
  • D. John W. Cahn
    John W. Cahn was an influential American materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work in phase transformations and the thermodynamics of materials.
  • E. Douglas L. Meyer
    Douglas L. Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the hit 2001 Broadway musical "The Producers."
  • 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: M. A. Meyers
Triple: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, M. A. Meyers]
Generated description
M. A. Meyers is a prominent materials scientist known for his influential research in dynamic behavior of materials and impact phenomena.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: M. A. Meyers
Target entity description: M. A. Meyers is a prominent materials scientist known for his influential research in dynamic behavior of materials and impact phenomena.
  • A. David J. Srolovitz
    David J. Srolovitz is a prominent materials scientist known for his pioneering theoretical and computational work on microstructure evolution and materials behavior.
  • B. Armin H. Meyer
    Armin H. Meyer was an American diplomat best known for his influential service in the Middle East and South Asia during the Cold War era.
  • C. Michael F. Ashby
    Michael F. Ashby is a British materials scientist renowned for pioneering materials selection methods and design tools that have profoundly influenced engineering education and practice.
  • D. John W. Cahn
    John W. Cahn was an influential American materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work in phase transformations and the thermodynamics of materials.
  • E. Douglas L. Meyer
    Douglas L. Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the hit 2001 Broadway musical "The Producers."
  • 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_69da6269614c8190bb40475d9d477358 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66d8d01648190b1b3a6e03f0258d8 completed April 20, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a084b805fdc819099b11150c8f4e62d completed May 16, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a084c041b5c8190881a6d08c4afe42f completed May 16, 2026, 10:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a084c7dee808190a0883f7f0c7873a9 completed May 16, 2026, 10:52 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:37 p.m.