Triple
T2296738
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edwin E. Salpeter |
E51632
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William A. Fowler
William A. Fowler was an American nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nuclear reactions that power stars and synthesize the chemical elements.
|
E253720
|
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: William A. Fowler | Statement: [Edwin E. Salpeter, coAuthor, William A. Fowler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Fowler Context triple: [Edwin E. Salpeter, coAuthor, William A. Fowler]
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A.
Ralph Fowler
Ralph Fowler was a prominent British theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his influential work in statistical mechanics and quantum theory, as well as for mentoring leading physicists of the 20th century.
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B.
Hans Bethe
Hans Bethe was a German-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on nuclear reactions in stars and his leadership in nuclear physics research during World War II and beyond.
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C.
Edwin E. Salpeter
Edwin E. Salpeter was an influential Austrian–Australian astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on stellar nucleosynthesis and the initial mass function of stars.
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D.
Murray Feshbach
Murray Feshbach was an American demographer and scholar known for his pioneering research on Soviet and Russian population, public health, and environmental issues.
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E.
Robert H. Dicke
Robert H. Dicke was an influential American physicist known for his pioneering work in gravitation, cosmology, and microwave physics, including contributions that helped establish the Big Bang theory.
- 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: William A. Fowler Triple: [Edwin E. Salpeter, coAuthor, William A. Fowler]
Generated description
William A. Fowler was an American nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nuclear reactions that power stars and synthesize the chemical elements.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Fowler Target entity description: William A. Fowler was an American nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nuclear reactions that power stars and synthesize the chemical elements.
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A.
Ralph Fowler
Ralph Fowler was a prominent British theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his influential work in statistical mechanics and quantum theory, as well as for mentoring leading physicists of the 20th century.
-
B.
Hans Bethe
Hans Bethe was a German-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on nuclear reactions in stars and his leadership in nuclear physics research during World War II and beyond.
-
C.
Edwin E. Salpeter
Edwin E. Salpeter was an influential Austrian–Australian astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on stellar nucleosynthesis and the initial mass function of stars.
-
D.
Murray Feshbach
Murray Feshbach was an American demographer and scholar known for his pioneering research on Soviet and Russian population, public health, and environmental issues.
-
E.
Robert H. Dicke
Robert H. Dicke was an influential American physicist known for his pioneering work in gravitation, cosmology, and microwave physics, including contributions that helped establish the Big Bang theory.
- 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_69a88b0a9f248190bcff941463d8f65a |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc5ddf00081909acb47cbd9a5f20e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:29 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7f28db6c81909dbe55c704307da6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae7fd6e8608190b48f3a50ee62d664 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae804b402c81909a5fc68c6ee3decb |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:09 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.