Triple

T368117
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject IEEE Photonics Award E8207 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Eli Yablonovitch
Eli Yablonovitch is an American physicist and engineer renowned as a pioneer of photonic crystals and a leading figure in the field of photonics and optoelectronics.
E78426 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: Eli Yablonovitch | Statement: [IEEE Photonics Award, notableRecipient, Eli Yablonovitch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eli Yablonovitch
Context triple: [IEEE Photonics Award, notableRecipient, Eli Yablonovitch]
  • A. Sanford Rothenberg
    Sanford Rothenberg was the second husband of actress Fay Wray, known primarily for his marriage to the iconic King Kong star.
  • B. Melvin Wydler
    Melvin Wydler was a U.S. Congressman whose legislative work on technology and innovation policy led to a federal law being named in his honor.
  • C. Lev Kerbel
    Lev Kerbel was a prominent Soviet sculptor renowned for his monumental public works and statues of communist leaders.
  • D. Nigel Goldenfeld
    Nigel Goldenfeld is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in statistical physics, complex systems, and fluid dynamics.
  • E. Michael P. Brenner
    Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
  • 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: Eli Yablonovitch
Triple: [IEEE Photonics Award, notableRecipient, Eli Yablonovitch]
Generated description
Eli Yablonovitch is an American physicist and engineer renowned as a pioneer of photonic crystals and a leading figure in the field of photonics and optoelectronics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eli Yablonovitch
Target entity description: Eli Yablonovitch is an American physicist and engineer renowned as a pioneer of photonic crystals and a leading figure in the field of photonics and optoelectronics.
  • A. Sanford Rothenberg
    Sanford Rothenberg was the second husband of actress Fay Wray, known primarily for his marriage to the iconic King Kong star.
  • B. Melvin Wydler
    Melvin Wydler was a U.S. Congressman whose legislative work on technology and innovation policy led to a federal law being named in his honor.
  • C. Lev Kerbel
    Lev Kerbel was a prominent Soviet sculptor renowned for his monumental public works and statues of communist leaders.
  • D. Nigel Goldenfeld
    Nigel Goldenfeld is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in statistical physics, complex systems, and fluid dynamics.
  • E. Michael P. Brenner
    Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
  • 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_69a2e7f2ec648190b42bc7db424f8109 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ebeab13c8190b15c2f10310ec6a8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a566fab12081909a793dedc8110009 completed March 2, 2026, 10:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a567fa633881909a18c4530c3342e8 completed March 2, 2026, 10:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5687af6f48190af5a5424ca7da9c8 completed March 2, 2026, 10:37 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.