Triple

T27679
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject National Defense Research Committee E552 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object 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.
E12555 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: Richard C. Tolman | Statement: [National Defense Research Committee, hasMember, Richard C. Tolman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard C. Tolman
Context triple: [National Defense Research Committee, hasMember, Richard C. Tolman]
  • 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. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
    Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on stellar structure and evolution, particularly the Chandrasekhar limit for white dwarfs.
  • 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. John R. Pierce
    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."
  • E. Detlev W. Bronk
    Detlev W. Bronk was an influential American scientist and educator known as a pioneer of biophysics and a prominent leader in national science policy.
  • 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: Richard C. Tolman
Triple: [National Defense Research Committee, hasMember, Richard C. Tolman]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard C. Tolman
Target entity description: 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.
  • 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. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
    Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on stellar structure and evolution, particularly the Chandrasekhar limit for white dwarfs.
  • 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. John R. Pierce
    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."
  • E. Detlev W. Bronk
    Detlev W. Bronk was an influential American scientist and educator known as a pioneer of biophysics and a prominent leader in national science policy.
  • 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_69a2467875048190aad87347c7a1cb67 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a291749c688190930934f54de48907 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2935c6a3081909ddfe2c96166a1a5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a293b1822c81908326fc1d3a5868be completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:05 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.