Triple
T3566577
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John G. Trump |
E75462
|
entity |
| Predicate | workedOn |
P3
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Van de Graaff generators
Van de Graaff generators are electrostatic machines that use a moving belt to accumulate very high voltages on a hollow metal sphere, commonly used for physics research and educational demonstrations of electricity.
|
E369717
|
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: Van de Graaff generators | Statement: [John G. Trump, workedOn, Van de Graaff generators]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van de Graaff generators Context triple: [John G. Trump, workedOn, Van de Graaff generators]
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A.
Cockcroft–Walton generator
The Cockcroft–Walton generator is a high-voltage power supply circuit that uses a cascade of capacitors and diodes to multiply an input AC voltage, historically important for early particle acceleration experiments.
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B.
Tesla coil
The Tesla coil is a high-voltage, high-frequency resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla, famous for producing spectacular electrical discharges and demonstrating principles of wireless power transmission.
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C.
Cockcroft–Walton experiment
The Cockcroft–Walton experiment was a pioneering 1932 nuclear physics experiment that achieved the first artificial disintegration of atomic nuclei using accelerated protons, confirming Einstein’s mass–energy equivalence.
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D.
Maser
Maser is a small town in the Veneto region of northern Italy, noted for its Renaissance architecture and association with the architect Andrea Palladio.
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E.
Alexanderson alternator
The Alexanderson alternator is an early high-frequency radio transmitter that generated continuous-wave signals using a rotating machine, playing a key role in long-distance wireless communication before vacuum-tube oscillators.
- 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: Van de Graaff generators Triple: [John G. Trump, workedOn, Van de Graaff generators]
Generated description
Van de Graaff generators are electrostatic machines that use a moving belt to accumulate very high voltages on a hollow metal sphere, commonly used for physics research and educational demonstrations of electricity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van de Graaff generators Target entity description: Van de Graaff generators are electrostatic machines that use a moving belt to accumulate very high voltages on a hollow metal sphere, commonly used for physics research and educational demonstrations of electricity.
-
A.
Cockcroft–Walton generator
The Cockcroft–Walton generator is a high-voltage power supply circuit that uses a cascade of capacitors and diodes to multiply an input AC voltage, historically important for early particle acceleration experiments.
-
B.
Tesla coil
The Tesla coil is a high-voltage, high-frequency resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla, famous for producing spectacular electrical discharges and demonstrating principles of wireless power transmission.
-
C.
Cockcroft–Walton experiment
The Cockcroft–Walton experiment was a pioneering 1932 nuclear physics experiment that achieved the first artificial disintegration of atomic nuclei using accelerated protons, confirming Einstein’s mass–energy equivalence.
-
D.
Maser
Maser is a small town in the Veneto region of northern Italy, noted for its Renaissance architecture and association with the architect Andrea Palladio.
-
E.
Alexanderson alternator
The Alexanderson alternator is an early high-frequency radio transmitter that generated continuous-wave signals using a rotating machine, playing a key role in long-distance wireless communication before vacuum-tube oscillators.
- 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_69ad85d512708190829c8b2d3a2ccfb8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc0aa0fcc8190bc99df68d2bd9139 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b3bbacbb1081908fc57168a8fc3ade |
completed | March 13, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b3bf78d6a881908d5bcc4ae50a76e5 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 7:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b3f5b2fdcc8190842d2d7bd09c65c4 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 11:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:21 p.m.