Triple
T2296739
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edwin E. Salpeter |
E51632
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Fred Hoyle
Fred Hoyle was a British astronomer and cosmologist best known for his work on stellar nucleosynthesis and for coining the term "Big Bang," which he actually opposed as a theory.
|
E255247
|
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: Fred Hoyle | Statement: [Edwin E. Salpeter, coAuthor, Fred Hoyle]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fred Hoyle Context triple: [Edwin E. Salpeter, coAuthor, Fred Hoyle]
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A.
George Ellis
George Ellis was a figure significant enough in local or regional history that the city of Ellis, Kansas, was named in his honor, likely for his contributions to the area's development or founding.
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B.
George Ellis
George Ellis is a South African cosmologist renowned for his work on general relativity and the large-scale structure of the universe, as well as for his collaborations with Stephen Hawking.
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C.
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.
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D.
Henry Norris Russell
Henry Norris Russell was an influential American astronomer best known for co-developing the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, a fundamental tool in stellar astrophysics.
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E.
Arthur Stanley Eddington
Arthur Stanley Eddington was a pioneering 20th-century British astrophysicist and mathematician known for his work on general relativity, stellar structure, and the 1919 eclipse expedition that confirmed Einstein’s theory of gravity.
- 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: Fred Hoyle Triple: [Edwin E. Salpeter, coAuthor, Fred Hoyle]
Generated description
Fred Hoyle was a British astronomer and cosmologist best known for his work on stellar nucleosynthesis and for coining the term "Big Bang," which he actually opposed as a theory.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fred Hoyle Target entity description: Fred Hoyle was a British astronomer and cosmologist best known for his work on stellar nucleosynthesis and for coining the term "Big Bang," which he actually opposed as a theory.
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A.
George Ellis
George Ellis was a figure significant enough in local or regional history that the city of Ellis, Kansas, was named in his honor, likely for his contributions to the area's development or founding.
-
B.
George Ellis
George Ellis is a South African cosmologist renowned for his work on general relativity and the large-scale structure of the universe, as well as for his collaborations with Stephen Hawking.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Henry Norris Russell
Henry Norris Russell was an influential American astronomer best known for co-developing the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, a fundamental tool in stellar astrophysics.
-
E.
Arthur Stanley Eddington
Arthur Stanley Eddington was a pioneering 20th-century British astrophysicist and mathematician known for his work on general relativity, stellar structure, and the 1919 eclipse expedition that confirmed Einstein’s theory of gravity.
- 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_69ae8954a804819092c716582f23af14 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae8b188f18819088eaa3866485191a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae8b83efd48190a832032775803919 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.