Triple
T3725813
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lyman family |
E81745
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableMember |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Theodore Lyman (scientist)
Theodore Lyman was an American physicist best known for discovering the Lyman series of ultraviolet spectral lines of hydrogen, which played a key role in the development of quantum theory.
|
E381674
|
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: Theodore Lyman (scientist) | Statement: [Lyman family, hasNotableMember, Theodore Lyman (scientist)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Lyman (scientist) Context triple: [Lyman family, hasNotableMember, Theodore Lyman (scientist)]
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A.
Samuel DeWitt Proctor
Samuel DeWitt Proctor was an influential American Baptist minister, educator, and civil rights leader who served as a prominent pastor and public intellectual in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Frank B. Jewett
Frank B. Jewett was an American electrical engineer and physicist who served as the first president of Bell Telephone Laboratories and played a major role in organizing U.S. scientific research during World War II.
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C.
Lyman Cornelius Smith
Lyman Cornelius Smith was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for his role in the typewriter and firearms industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
William Barton Rogers
William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
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E.
Dr. Emlen Physick Jr.
Dr. Emlen Physick Jr. was a 19th-century physician and member of a prominent Philadelphia family who became known as the original owner and resident of the now-historic Victorian Emlen Physick Estate in Cape May, New Jersey.
- 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: Theodore Lyman (scientist) Triple: [Lyman family, hasNotableMember, Theodore Lyman (scientist)]
Generated description
Theodore Lyman was an American physicist best known for discovering the Lyman series of ultraviolet spectral lines of hydrogen, which played a key role in the development of quantum theory.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Lyman (scientist) Target entity description: Theodore Lyman was an American physicist best known for discovering the Lyman series of ultraviolet spectral lines of hydrogen, which played a key role in the development of quantum theory.
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A.
Samuel DeWitt Proctor
Samuel DeWitt Proctor was an influential American Baptist minister, educator, and civil rights leader who served as a prominent pastor and public intellectual in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Frank B. Jewett
Frank B. Jewett was an American electrical engineer and physicist who served as the first president of Bell Telephone Laboratories and played a major role in organizing U.S. scientific research during World War II.
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C.
Lyman Cornelius Smith
Lyman Cornelius Smith was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for his role in the typewriter and firearms industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
D.
William Barton Rogers
William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
-
E.
Dr. Emlen Physick Jr.
Dr. Emlen Physick Jr. was a 19th-century physician and member of a prominent Philadelphia family who became known as the original owner and resident of the now-historic Victorian Emlen Physick Estate in Cape May, New Jersey.
- 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_69ad8b1b7ef081908d2d381bbf54985a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adcaf669d48190852aaeef70265404 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4ce206cb88190985a727b769e1e12 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4cf1840bc81908a85642430ab5339 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4cf92e9c48190a3d87ba1f90548ec |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:34 p.m.