Triple

T2373558
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hopfield network E46142 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object John Hopfield
John Hopfield is an American physicist and neuroscientist best known for introducing the Hopfield network, a pioneering model in neural networks and computational neuroscience.
E262701 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: John Hopfield | Statement: [Hopfield network, namedAfter, John Hopfield]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hopfield
Context triple: [Hopfield network, namedAfter, John Hopfield]
  • A. Terrence Sejnowski
    Terrence Sejnowski is a pioneering computational neuroscientist and machine learning researcher known for foundational contributions to neural networks and learning algorithms.
  • B. David E. Rumelhart
    David E. Rumelhart was a pioneering cognitive psychologist and neural network researcher whose work on parallel distributed processing and backpropagation profoundly shaped modern cognitive science and machine learning.
  • C. Geoffrey Hinton
    Geoffrey Hinton is a pioneering computer scientist widely regarded as one of the founding figures of deep learning and modern artificial intelligence.
  • D. Walter Rosenblith
    Walter Rosenblith was a prominent biophysicist and neuroscientist who became a key figure at MIT, notably serving as provost and helping shape the institute’s postwar research and academic directions.
  • E. Norman E. Thagard
    Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
  • 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: John Hopfield
Triple: [Hopfield network, namedAfter, John Hopfield]
Generated description
John Hopfield is an American physicist and neuroscientist best known for introducing the Hopfield network, a pioneering model in neural networks and computational neuroscience.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hopfield
Target entity description: John Hopfield is an American physicist and neuroscientist best known for introducing the Hopfield network, a pioneering model in neural networks and computational neuroscience.
  • A. Terrence Sejnowski
    Terrence Sejnowski is a pioneering computational neuroscientist and machine learning researcher known for foundational contributions to neural networks and learning algorithms.
  • B. David E. Rumelhart
    David E. Rumelhart was a pioneering cognitive psychologist and neural network researcher whose work on parallel distributed processing and backpropagation profoundly shaped modern cognitive science and machine learning.
  • C. Geoffrey Hinton
    Geoffrey Hinton is a pioneering computer scientist widely regarded as one of the founding figures of deep learning and modern artificial intelligence.
  • D. Walter Rosenblith
    Walter Rosenblith was a prominent biophysicist and neuroscientist who became a key figure at MIT, notably serving as provost and helping shape the institute’s postwar research and academic directions.
  • E. Norman E. Thagard
    Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
  • 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_69a88a145268819083e2736cb835c696 completed March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc791c4688190a4b8f0e540e84eb4 completed March 7, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aeb3ca7ef88190902e1c8429694a82 completed March 9, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aeb4487ad08190b4624bfb3d855b38 completed March 9, 2026, 11:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aeb557247c8190920ce3a5db388800 completed March 9, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:56 p.m.