Triple

T317088
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephen Hawking E7730 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Dennis Sciama
Dennis Sciama was a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a key role in developing modern cosmology and mentoring a generation of leading physicists.
E45978 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: Dennis Sciama | Statement: [Stephen Hawking, doctoralAdvisor, Dennis Sciama]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Sciama
Context triple: [Stephen Hawking, doctoralAdvisor, Dennis Sciama]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Bruno Rossi
    Bruno Rossi was an Italian experimental physicist and pioneer in cosmic-ray and high-energy astrophysics who played a key role in early nuclear research and space science.
  • C. Howard P. Robertson
    Howard P. Robertson was an American mathematician and physicist known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology and the formulation of the Robertson–Walker metric used in modern cosmological models.
  • D. Stanley Corrsin
    Stanley Corrsin was a prominent American fluid dynamicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to the study of turbulence and mixing in fluid flows.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Dennis Sciama
Triple: [Stephen Hawking, doctoralAdvisor, Dennis Sciama]
Generated description
Dennis Sciama was a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a key role in developing modern cosmology and mentoring a generation of leading physicists.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Sciama
Target entity description: Dennis Sciama was a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a key role in developing modern cosmology and mentoring a generation of leading physicists.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Bruno Rossi
    Bruno Rossi was an Italian experimental physicist and pioneer in cosmic-ray and high-energy astrophysics who played a key role in early nuclear research and space science.
  • C. Howard P. Robertson
    Howard P. Robertson was an American mathematician and physicist known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology and the formulation of the Robertson–Walker metric used in modern cosmological models.
  • D. Stanley Corrsin
    Stanley Corrsin was a prominent American fluid dynamicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to the study of turbulence and mixing in fluid flows.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea65ca7081908093e6aaaf2d34f7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3e85e0fd88190af472eb2563da5a6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3e8f7256c819088422d10ef54b20d completed March 1, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3e949ff848190ae55965c08e9c1c5 completed March 1, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.