Triple

T2484346
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Utrecht University E55889 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Johannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch theoretical physicist best known for formulating the van der Waals equation of state, which describes the behavior of real gases and earned him the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physics.
E271018 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: Johannes Diderik van der Waals | Statement: [Utrecht University, hasNotableAlumnus, Johannes Diderik van der Waals]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Context triple: [Utrecht University, hasNotableAlumnus, Johannes Diderik van der Waals]
  • A. Peter Debye
    Peter Debye was a Dutch-American physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on molecular structure, dipole moments, and X-ray diffraction.
  • B. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
    Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch physicist renowned for his pioneering work in low-temperature physics, including the liquefaction of helium and the discovery of superconductivity.
  • C. Robert van ’t Hoff
    Robert van ’t Hoff was a Dutch architect and early modernist whose work and ideas significantly influenced the De Stijl movement’s approach to abstraction and functional design.
  • D. Wander Johannes de Haas
    Wander Johannes de Haas was a Dutch physicist known for his pioneering work in low-temperature and solid-state physics, including the co-discovery of the de Haas–van Alphen effect.
  • E. Jean Perrin
    Jean Perrin was a French physicist who confirmed the atomic nature of matter through his pioneering experimental studies of Brownian motion, work for which he received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • 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: Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Triple: [Utrecht University, hasNotableAlumnus, Johannes Diderik van der Waals]
Generated description
Johannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch theoretical physicist best known for formulating the van der Waals equation of state, which describes the behavior of real gases and earned him the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Target entity description: Johannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch theoretical physicist best known for formulating the van der Waals equation of state, which describes the behavior of real gases and earned him the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • A. Peter Debye
    Peter Debye was a Dutch-American physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on molecular structure, dipole moments, and X-ray diffraction.
  • B. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
    Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch physicist renowned for his pioneering work in low-temperature physics, including the liquefaction of helium and the discovery of superconductivity.
  • C. Robert van ’t Hoff
    Robert van ’t Hoff was a Dutch architect and early modernist whose work and ideas significantly influenced the De Stijl movement’s approach to abstraction and functional design.
  • D. Wander Johannes de Haas
    Wander Johannes de Haas was a Dutch physicist known for his pioneering work in low-temperature and solid-state physics, including the co-discovery of the de Haas–van Alphen effect.
  • E. Jean Perrin
    Jean Perrin was a French physicist who confirmed the atomic nature of matter through his pioneering experimental studies of Brownian motion, work for which he received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • 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_69ab49e670a88190b928e08302381710 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd1644b5881908d2931a1dfbbd03b completed March 7, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af17b7b4f08190b23af81c696bba4e completed March 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af1ba6e1408190ac021c1c1d1c3b2e completed March 9, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af1c53dbe481908f73e1fe8d61c32e completed March 9, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.