Triple

T286493
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Met Lab E5895 entity
Predicate employed P7 FINISHED
Object Willard F. Libby
Willard F. Libby was an American physical chemist best known for developing the radiocarbon dating method, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
 E40934 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: Willard F. Libby | Statement: [Met Lab, employed, Willard F. Libby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Willard F. Libby
Context triple: [Met Lab, employed, Willard F. Libby]
  • A. Harold Urey
    Harold Urey was an American physical chemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering deuterium and contributing to theories on the origin of the Earth and solar system.
  • B. I. I. Rabi
    I. I. Rabi was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and contributions to quantum physics.
  • C. Luis Alvarez
    Luis Alvarez was an American experimental physicist and Nobel laureate known for his work on radar, the Manhattan Project, and the discovery of numerous particle resonances.
  • D. Glenn T. Seaborg
    Glenn T. Seaborg was an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the discovery of numerous transuranium elements and his leadership in the development of the actinide concept.
  • E. Cecil F. Powell
    Cecil F. Powell was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in particle physics using photographic emulsion techniques.
  • 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: Willard F. Libby
Triple: [Met Lab, employed, Willard F. Libby]
Generated description
Willard F. Libby was an American physical chemist best known for developing the radiocarbon dating method, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Willard F. Libby
Target entity description: Willard F. Libby was an American physical chemist best known for developing the radiocarbon dating method, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
  • A. Harold Urey
    Harold Urey was an American physical chemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering deuterium and contributing to theories on the origin of the Earth and solar system.
  • B. I. I. Rabi
    I. I. Rabi was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and contributions to quantum physics.
  • C. Luis Alvarez
    Luis Alvarez was an American experimental physicist and Nobel laureate known for his work on radar, the Manhattan Project, and the discovery of numerous particle resonances.
  • D. Glenn T. Seaborg
    Glenn T. Seaborg was an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the discovery of numerous transuranium elements and his leadership in the development of the actinide concept.
  • E. Cecil F. Powell
    Cecil F. Powell was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in particle physics using photographic emulsion techniques.
  • 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_69a25946a7ac8190a78871c210213272 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25e2c73a48190b549b688254e5fee completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3c8b480388190b5f7f9e11479de91 completed March 1, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3c91e8b88819099e54b7869cc293d completed March 1, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3c9731df881908e342ace3635b5cc completed March 1, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.