Triple

T353531
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oersted Medal E7493 entity
Predicate hasRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object George F. Smoot
George F. Smoot is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided strong evidence for the Big Bang theory.
 E47055 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: George F. Smoot | Statement: [Oersted Medal, hasRecipient, George F. Smoot]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George F. Smoot
Context triple: [Oersted Medal, hasRecipient, George F. Smoot]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Vera Rubin
    Vera Rubin was an American astronomer whose pioneering work on galaxy rotation curves provided key evidence for the existence of dark matter.
  • D. Norman Spinrad
    Norman Spinrad is an American science fiction author known for his provocative, politically charged novels and short stories, including "Bug Jack Barron" and "The Iron Dream."
  • E. Alan Guth
    Alan Guth is an American theoretical physicist best known for proposing the theory of cosmic inflation, which explains the rapid expansion of the early universe.
  • 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: George F. Smoot
Triple: [Oersted Medal, hasRecipient, George F. Smoot]
Generated description
George F. Smoot is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided strong evidence for the Big Bang theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George F. Smoot
Target entity description: George F. Smoot is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided strong evidence for the Big Bang theory.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Vera Rubin
    Vera Rubin was an American astronomer whose pioneering work on galaxy rotation curves provided key evidence for the existence of dark matter.
  • D. Norman Spinrad
    Norman Spinrad is an American science fiction author known for his provocative, politically charged novels and short stories, including "Bug Jack Barron" and "The Iron Dream."
  • E. Alan Guth
    Alan Guth is an American theoretical physicist best known for proposing the theory of cosmic inflation, which explains the rapid expansion of the early universe.
  • 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_69a3f0a43da48190b9888c60cf565f9d completed March 1, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3f13a36c08190b508037c27435b45 completed March 1, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3f19823608190a0d0b6b4335d6d0a completed March 1, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.