Triple
T249482
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bell System Technical Journal |
E5110
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAuthor |
P4244
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John R. Pierce |
E12040
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 R. Pierce | Statement: [Bell System Technical Journal, hasNotableAuthor, John R. Pierce]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John R. Pierce Context triple: [Bell System Technical Journal, hasNotableAuthor, John R. Pierce]
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A.
John R. Pierce
chosen
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
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B.
Robert B. Leighton
Robert B. Leighton was an American experimental physicist and educator known for his contributions to cosmic-ray and infrared astronomy and for coauthoring the influential Feynman Lectures on Physics.
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C.
Warren Weaver
Warren Weaver was an American scientist, mathematician, and science administrator known for his influential work in communication theory and for helping popularize Claude Shannon’s information theory.
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D.
Thomas Kailath
Thomas Kailath is an Indian-American electrical engineer and Stanford professor renowned for his influential contributions to information theory, control, and signal processing.
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E.
Karl T. Compton
Karl T. Compton was an American physicist and influential science administrator who served as president of MIT and played a major role in organizing U.S. scientific efforts during World War II.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a257c4bf688190a46ebbf411ab7473 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25d3728f0819086214ccc2db2305a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3e01015108190b617592019306e39 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:43 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.