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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.