Triple
T365161
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Norris Russell Lectureship |
E7943
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edwin E. Salpeter
Edwin E. Salpeter was an influential Austrian–Australian astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on stellar nucleosynthesis and the initial mass function of stars.
|
E51632
|
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: Edwin E. Salpeter | Statement: [Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, notableRecipient, Edwin E. Salpeter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin E. Salpeter Context triple: [Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, notableRecipient, Edwin E. Salpeter]
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A.
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."
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B.
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.
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C.
Walter Baade
Walter Baade was a German astronomer whose work on variable stars and the structure of the Milky Way led to a major revision of the cosmic distance scale and our understanding of the universe’s size and age.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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: Edwin E. Salpeter Triple: [Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, notableRecipient, Edwin E. Salpeter]
Generated description
Edwin E. Salpeter was an influential Austrian–Australian astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on stellar nucleosynthesis and the initial mass function of stars.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin E. Salpeter Target entity description: Edwin E. Salpeter was an influential Austrian–Australian astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on stellar nucleosynthesis and the initial mass function of stars.
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A.
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."
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Walter Baade
Walter Baade was a German astronomer whose work on variable stars and the structure of the Milky Way led to a major revision of the cosmic distance scale and our understanding of the universe’s size and age.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69a2e7e880008190a6ad7e06e5d03007 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ebe6c1b4819083335e880c205ed6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4177149008190a4b7b252e21dcb09 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a41834c510819093a9405a0bea297a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4188888ec8190b9dc3efb93bfe627 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:44 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.