Triple

T225831
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Humboldt University of Berlin E4311 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Walther Nernst
Walther Nernst was a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for formulating the Nernst equation and contributing fundamentally to thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
E34696 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: Walther Nernst | Statement: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Walther Nernst]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walther Nernst
Context triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Walther Nernst]
  • A. Max Planck
    Max Planck was a German theoretical physicist regarded as the founder of quantum theory and a key figure in modern physics.
  • B. Emil Fischer
    Emil Fischer was a pioneering German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational work on the chemistry of sugars, purines, and proteins.
  • C. Ludwig Boltzmann
    Ludwig Boltzmann was an Austrian physicist and one of the founders of statistical mechanics, whose work established the statistical nature of thermodynamics and the microscopic interpretation of entropy.
  • D. Gustav Kirchhoff
    Gustav Kirchhoff was a 19th-century German physicist best known for formulating Kirchhoff's circuit laws and making foundational contributions to spectroscopy and thermal radiation.
  • E. James Franck
    James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.
  • 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: Walther Nernst
Triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Walther Nernst]
Generated description
Walther Nernst was a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for formulating the Nernst equation and contributing fundamentally to thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walther Nernst
Target entity description: Walther Nernst was a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for formulating the Nernst equation and contributing fundamentally to thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
  • A. Max Planck
    Max Planck was a German theoretical physicist regarded as the founder of quantum theory and a key figure in modern physics.
  • B. Emil Fischer
    Emil Fischer was a pioneering German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational work on the chemistry of sugars, purines, and proteins.
  • C. Ludwig Boltzmann
    Ludwig Boltzmann was an Austrian physicist and one of the founders of statistical mechanics, whose work established the statistical nature of thermodynamics and the microscopic interpretation of entropy.
  • D. Gustav Kirchhoff
    Gustav Kirchhoff was a 19th-century German physicist best known for formulating Kirchhoff's circuit laws and making foundational contributions to spectroscopy and thermal radiation.
  • E. James Franck
    James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.
  • 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25c8d97d08190ad7c1c3e9322f34c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a389a9bb7c81909b60569e4c6074fb completed March 1, 2026, 12:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a38a53a07881908a1e1a0773680044 completed March 1, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a38acac1ec81909578321bb8b0bfd2 completed March 1, 2026, 12:39 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.