Triple

T387128
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Institute for Advanced Study E8802 entity
Predicate notableScholar P22 FINISHED
Object Kip Thorne
Kip Thorne is an American theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in gravitation and astrophysics, including black holes and gravitational waves, and for co-founding the LIGO project.
E48699 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: Kip Thorne | Statement: [Institute for Advanced Study, notableScholar, Kip Thorne]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kip Thorne
Context triple: [Institute for Advanced Study, notableScholar, Kip Thorne]
  • A. Stephen Hawking
    Stephen Hawking was a renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist best known for his work on black holes, Hawking radiation, and his popular science book "A Brief History of Time."
  • B. Neil deGrasse Tyson
    Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator known for popularizing astronomy and hosting shows like "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey."
  • C. John Archibald Wheeler
    John Archibald Wheeler was a prominent American theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics, general relativity, and nuclear physics, and for coining influential terms such as "black hole."
  • D. Frank Tipler
    Frank Tipler is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist known for his controversial ideas on the Fermi paradox, the Omega Point theory, and the intersection of physics with theology.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Kip Thorne
Triple: [Institute for Advanced Study, notableScholar, Kip Thorne]
Generated description
Kip Thorne is an American theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in gravitation and astrophysics, including black holes and gravitational waves, and for co-founding the LIGO project.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kip Thorne
Target entity description: Kip Thorne is an American theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in gravitation and astrophysics, including black holes and gravitational waves, and for co-founding the LIGO project.
  • A. Stephen Hawking
    Stephen Hawking was a renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist best known for his work on black holes, Hawking radiation, and his popular science book "A Brief History of Time."
  • B. Neil deGrasse Tyson
    Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator known for popularizing astronomy and hosting shows like "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey."
  • C. John Archibald Wheeler
    John Archibald Wheeler was a prominent American theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics, general relativity, and nuclear physics, and for coining influential terms such as "black hole."
  • D. Frank Tipler
    Frank Tipler is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist known for his controversial ideas on the Fermi paradox, the Omega Point theory, and the intersection of physics with theology.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ee2b0ec481908fac41a4e1d20468 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3fe9755c08190a6f046ca56531df5 completed March 1, 2026, 8:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3ff1563688190bd5a41ea3c4726a5 completed March 1, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3ffb7c1f8819084d07b54e1688290 completed March 1, 2026, 8:58 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.