Triple

T262319
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Tokyo E5563 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Leo Esaki
Leo Esaki is a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling and the invention of the Esaki (tunnel) diode.
E35746 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: Leo Esaki | Statement: [University of Tokyo, hasNotableAlumni, Leo Esaki]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leo Esaki
Context triple: [University of Tokyo, hasNotableAlumni, Leo Esaki]
  • A. Ivar Giaever
    Ivar Giaever is a Norwegian-American physicist and Nobel laureate recognized for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling in superconductors.
  • B. Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
    Sin-Itiro Tomonaga was a Japanese theoretical physicist renowned for his fundamental contributions to quantum electrodynamics, for which he shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • C. John Bardeen
    John Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer, uniquely renowned for being the only person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
  • D. John Robert Schrieffer
    John Robert Schrieffer was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as one of the co-creators of the BCS theory of superconductivity.
  • E. Yoshio Nishina
    Yoshio Nishina was a pioneering Japanese physicist often regarded as the father of modern physics research in Japan, known for his foundational work in quantum electrodynamics and nuclear 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: Leo Esaki
Triple: [University of Tokyo, hasNotableAlumni, Leo Esaki]
Generated description
Leo Esaki is a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling and the invention of the Esaki (tunnel) diode.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leo Esaki
Target entity description: Leo Esaki is a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling and the invention of the Esaki (tunnel) diode.
  • A. Ivar Giaever
    Ivar Giaever is a Norwegian-American physicist and Nobel laureate recognized for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling in superconductors.
  • B. Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
    Sin-Itiro Tomonaga was a Japanese theoretical physicist renowned for his fundamental contributions to quantum electrodynamics, for which he shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • C. John Bardeen
    John Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer, uniquely renowned for being the only person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
  • D. John Robert Schrieffer
    John Robert Schrieffer was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as one of the co-creators of the BCS theory of superconductivity.
  • E. Yoshio Nishina
    Yoshio Nishina was a pioneering Japanese physicist often regarded as the father of modern physics research in Japan, known for his foundational work in quantum electrodynamics and nuclear 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_69a2580a64ac8190ad76e34bb0715b5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d8c7f448190af9145256f994177 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3914d5cd08190bd755e1e65feee2a completed March 1, 2026, 1:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a391c9c44c8190a33ca57039c6c68c completed March 1, 2026, 1:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a392441684819090076d46960a0e22 completed March 1, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.