Triple

T292575
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bardeen E6025 entity
Predicate notableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William A. Bardeen
William A. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in quantum field theory and particle physics, particularly in the study of anomalies.
E52587 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: William A. Bardeen | Statement: [Bardeen, notableBearer, William A. Bardeen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Bardeen
Context triple: [Bardeen, notableBearer, William A. Bardeen]
  • A. 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.
  • B. James M. Bardeen
    James M. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in general relativity and black hole physics, including contributions to the understanding of Hawking radiation and cosmological perturbation theory.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Julian Schwinger
    Julian Schwinger was an American theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory.
  • 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: William A. Bardeen
Triple: [Bardeen, notableBearer, William A. Bardeen]
Generated description
William A. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in quantum field theory and particle physics, particularly in the study of anomalies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Bardeen
Target entity description: William A. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in quantum field theory and particle physics, particularly in the study of anomalies.
  • A. 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.
  • B. James M. Bardeen
    James M. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in general relativity and black hole physics, including contributions to the understanding of Hawking radiation and cosmological perturbation theory.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Julian Schwinger
    Julian Schwinger was an American theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory.
  • 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_69a2e79114b081909490b3bf5a5dbb51 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2e976f32081908042485c4530e1e2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4239b5dfc8190930c379823e42139 completed March 1, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a423c8b41081909d04808907fe795d completed March 1, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4242e9f4481908959af2d45f43234 completed March 1, 2026, 11:34 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.