Triple

T353518
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oersted Medal E7493 entity
Predicate hasRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object David Hestenes
David Hestenes is an American theoretical physicist and educator best known for developing geometric algebra and for his influential work in physics education research.
 E44654 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: David Hestenes | Statement: [Oersted Medal, hasRecipient, David Hestenes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Hestenes
Context triple: [Oersted Medal, hasRecipient, David Hestenes]
  • A. Hermann Weyl
    Hermann Weyl was a German mathematician and theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to group theory, differential geometry, and the mathematical formulation of gauge theory in modern physics.
  • B. 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.
  • C. R. A. F. Penrose
    R. A. F. Penrose was a 19th-century physician and philanthropist best known for helping establish the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, one of the first pediatric hospitals in the United States.
  • D. Hermann Minkowski
    Hermann Minkowski was a German mathematician and physicist best known for formulating the four-dimensional spacetime framework that underpins the theory of relativity.
  • 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: David Hestenes
Triple: [Oersted Medal, hasRecipient, David Hestenes]
Generated description
David Hestenes is an American theoretical physicist and educator best known for developing geometric algebra and for his influential work in physics education research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Hestenes
Target entity description: David Hestenes is an American theoretical physicist and educator best known for developing geometric algebra and for his influential work in physics education research.
  • A. Hermann Weyl
    Hermann Weyl was a German mathematician and theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to group theory, differential geometry, and the mathematical formulation of gauge theory in modern physics.
  • B. 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.
  • C. R. A. F. Penrose
    R. A. F. Penrose was a 19th-century physician and philanthropist best known for helping establish the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, one of the first pediatric hospitals in the United States.
  • D. Hermann Minkowski
    Hermann Minkowski was a German mathematician and physicist best known for formulating the four-dimensional spacetime framework that underpins the theory of relativity.
  • 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_69a2e7e696948190bebc966535995e45 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eb80f524819093f4c2c18c3d615f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3dd353b488190b6ed966290260806 completed March 1, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3ddbbe7e08190ac167e158d19dbce completed March 1, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3de3fef7c819082193eb7083175e1 completed March 1, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.