Triple

T244310
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michelson–Morley experiment E5002 entity
Predicate conductedBy P86 FINISHED
Object Albert A. Michelson
Albert A. Michelson was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his precise measurements of the speed of light and foundational contributions to experimental physics.
E35417 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: Albert A. Michelson | Statement: [Michelson–Morley experiment, conductedBy, Albert A. Michelson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albert A. Michelson
Context triple: [Michelson–Morley experiment, conductedBy, Albert A. Michelson]
  • A. Percy W. Bridgman
    Percy W. Bridgman was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in high-pressure physics and for developing the philosophical approach known as operationalism.
  • B. Arthur E. Kennelly
    Arthur E. Kennelly was a prominent electrical engineer and physicist known for his pioneering work in alternating current theory and radio science.
  • C. George Ellery Hale
    George Ellery Hale was an influential American solar astronomer and observatory builder who pioneered modern astrophysics and led the creation of several of the world’s largest telescopes.
  • D. Heinrich Hertz
    Heinrich Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves, laying the experimental foundation for modern radio and wireless communication.
  • 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: Albert A. Michelson
Triple: [Michelson–Morley experiment, conductedBy, Albert A. Michelson]
Generated description
Albert A. Michelson was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his precise measurements of the speed of light and foundational contributions to experimental physics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albert A. Michelson
Target entity description: Albert A. Michelson was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his precise measurements of the speed of light and foundational contributions to experimental physics.
  • A. Percy W. Bridgman
    Percy W. Bridgman was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in high-pressure physics and for developing the philosophical approach known as operationalism.
  • B. Arthur E. Kennelly
    Arthur E. Kennelly was a prominent electrical engineer and physicist known for his pioneering work in alternating current theory and radio science.
  • C. George Ellery Hale
    George Ellery Hale was an influential American solar astronomer and observatory builder who pioneered modern astrophysics and led the creation of several of the world’s largest telescopes.
  • D. Heinrich Hertz
    Heinrich Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves, laying the experimental foundation for modern radio and wireless communication.
  • 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_69a257c3d0708190b0871c4269d273e6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d10ac248190a98dedabf5358668 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a38f4e35688190b8c8714c7f06c6ee completed March 1, 2026, 12:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a390159ac08190892a67e906b33df3 completed March 1, 2026, 1:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3907070fc8190891fac451c8f7fad completed March 1, 2026, 1:03 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.