Triple
T3694645
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Eli Yablonovitch |
E78426
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shanhui Fan
Shanhui Fan is a Chinese-American physicist and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work in photonics, nanophotonics, and solar energy conversion.
|
E379713
|
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: Shanhui Fan | Statement: [Eli Yablonovitch, notableStudent, Shanhui Fan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shanhui Fan Context triple: [Eli Yablonovitch, notableStudent, Shanhui Fan]
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A.
Xiaodong Chen
Xiaodong Chen is a prominent materials scientist and nanotechnology researcher who serves as editor-in-chief of the journal ACS Nano.
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B.
Jian Sun
Jian Sun is a Chinese computer vision researcher known for his influential work in deep learning and as a co-author of the seminal ResNet architecture.
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C.
Langche Zeng
Langche Zeng is a political scientist and quantitative methodologist known for his collaborative work with Gary King on statistical methods in social science research.
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D.
Shaoqing Ren
Shaoqing Ren is a Chinese computer vision researcher best known as a co-developer of deep learning architectures such as ResNet and Faster R-CNN that have significantly advanced image recognition and object detection.
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E.
Yuhuai Wu
Yuhuai Wu is an AI researcher and entrepreneur known for his work on large language models and as a member of Elon Musk’s xAI team.
- 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: Shanhui Fan Triple: [Eli Yablonovitch, notableStudent, Shanhui Fan]
Generated description
Shanhui Fan is a Chinese-American physicist and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work in photonics, nanophotonics, and solar energy conversion.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shanhui Fan Target entity description: Shanhui Fan is a Chinese-American physicist and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work in photonics, nanophotonics, and solar energy conversion.
-
A.
Xiaodong Chen
Xiaodong Chen is a prominent materials scientist and nanotechnology researcher who serves as editor-in-chief of the journal ACS Nano.
-
B.
Jian Sun
Jian Sun is a Chinese computer vision researcher known for his influential work in deep learning and as a co-author of the seminal ResNet architecture.
-
C.
Langche Zeng
Langche Zeng is a political scientist and quantitative methodologist known for his collaborative work with Gary King on statistical methods in social science research.
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D.
Shaoqing Ren
Shaoqing Ren is a Chinese computer vision researcher best known as a co-developer of deep learning architectures such as ResNet and Faster R-CNN that have significantly advanced image recognition and object detection.
-
E.
Yuhuai Wu
Yuhuai Wu is an AI researcher and entrepreneur known for his work on large language models and as a member of Elon Musk’s xAI team.
- 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_69ad85e3b1888190abc983e06968696d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc4eafd348190986f69aee787fd8f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4c3d0f2d88190b31e8c336f1a1bf3 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4c5280d788190b59b23acf5f77811 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4c58b13c48190b975e61000aa1f05 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.