Triple

T26874
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Feynman E538 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object John Archibald Wheeler
John Archibald Wheeler was a prominent American theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics, general relativity, and nuclear physics, and for coining influential terms such as "black hole."
E22836 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: John Archibald Wheeler | Statement: [Richard Feynman, doctoralAdvisor, John Archibald Wheeler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Archibald Wheeler
Context triple: [Richard Feynman, doctoralAdvisor, John Archibald Wheeler]
  • A. Freeman Dyson
    Freeman Dyson was a renowned theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, and futurist writings.
  • B. Richard Feynman
    Richard Feynman was a pioneering American theoretical physicist renowned for his work in quantum electrodynamics, his influential teaching, and his popular science writings.
  • C. Hans Bethe
    Hans Bethe was a German-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on nuclear reactions in stars and his leadership in nuclear physics research during World War II and beyond.
  • D. Richard C. Tolman
    Richard C. Tolman was an American physicist and physical chemist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and cosmology, as well as his scientific advisory roles during World War II.
  • E. Murray Gell-Mann
    Murray Gell-Mann was an American physicist best known for developing the quark model of subatomic particles and receiving the 1969 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: John Archibald Wheeler
Triple: [Richard Feynman, doctoralAdvisor, John Archibald Wheeler]
Generated description
John Archibald Wheeler was a prominent American theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics, general relativity, and nuclear physics, and for coining influential terms such as "black hole."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Archibald Wheeler
Target entity description: John Archibald Wheeler was a prominent American theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics, general relativity, and nuclear physics, and for coining influential terms such as "black hole."
  • A. Freeman Dyson
    Freeman Dyson was a renowned theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, and futurist writings.
  • B. Richard Feynman
    Richard Feynman was a pioneering American theoretical physicist renowned for his work in quantum electrodynamics, his influential teaching, and his popular science writings.
  • C. Hans Bethe
    Hans Bethe was a German-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on nuclear reactions in stars and his leadership in nuclear physics research during World War II and beyond.
  • D. Richard C. Tolman
    Richard C. Tolman was an American physicist and physical chemist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and cosmology, as well as his scientific advisory roles during World War II.
  • E. Murray Gell-Mann
    Murray Gell-Mann was an American physicist best known for developing the quark model of subatomic particles and receiving the 1969 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_69a243b4ac2c8190b93c303df797b7b2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a246776cf48190aca9855cb07e8d89 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2f0b0d5f481909987c4d937c7157a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2f12e5f548190a0fb3ca1cb059be1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2f39599b08190be95c9ec634c5745 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.