Triple
T368119
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | IEEE Photonics Award |
E8207
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David N. Payne
David N. Payne is a British physicist renowned for pioneering work in optical fiber and photonics, including key contributions to the development of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers used in modern telecommunications.
|
E57549
|
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 N. Payne | Statement: [IEEE Photonics Award, notableRecipient, David N. Payne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David N. Payne Context triple: [IEEE Photonics Award, notableRecipient, David N. Payne]
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A.
Bruce T. Draine
Bruce T. Draine is an American astrophysicist renowned for his influential work on interstellar dust and the interstellar medium.
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B.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
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C.
Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
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D.
David G. Bradley
David G. Bradley is an American businessman and publisher best known as the owner and longtime chairman of Atlantic Media, the parent company of The Atlantic.
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E.
John Stephens
John Stephens is an author best known for writing the children's fantasy novel "The Emerald Atlas" and its sequels in the Books of Beginning series.
- 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 N. Payne Triple: [IEEE Photonics Award, notableRecipient, David N. Payne]
Generated description
David N. Payne is a British physicist renowned for pioneering work in optical fiber and photonics, including key contributions to the development of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers used in modern telecommunications.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David N. Payne Target entity description: David N. Payne is a British physicist renowned for pioneering work in optical fiber and photonics, including key contributions to the development of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers used in modern telecommunications.
-
A.
Bruce T. Draine
Bruce T. Draine is an American astrophysicist renowned for his influential work on interstellar dust and the interstellar medium.
-
B.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
-
C.
Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
-
D.
David G. Bradley
David G. Bradley is an American businessman and publisher best known as the owner and longtime chairman of Atlantic Media, the parent company of The Atlantic.
-
E.
John Stephens
John Stephens is an author best known for writing the children's fantasy novel "The Emerald Atlas" and its sequels in the Books of Beginning series.
- 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_69a44f5030f481908af8aa1d361b8124 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a450099260819085493682035fc1c1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4506406dc8190ba3d4e54c409051b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:42 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.