Triple

T4091845
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rolf Landauer E87720 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object John Gamble Kirkwood
John Gamble Kirkwood was an influential American theoretical chemist and physicist known for his foundational contributions to statistical mechanics and the theory of liquids.
 E425666 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: John Gamble Kirkwood | Statement: [Rolf Landauer, doctoralAdvisor, John Gamble Kirkwood]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Gamble Kirkwood
Context triple: [Rolf Landauer, doctoralAdvisor, John Gamble Kirkwood]
  • A. Daniel Kirkwood
    Daniel Kirkwood was a 19th-century American astronomer best known for discovering the Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt.
  • B. William M. Hartmann
    William M. Hartmann is an American physicist and psychoacoustician known for his influential research on auditory perception and acoustics.
  • C. Fenton Johnson
    Fenton Johnson was an early 20th-century African American poet and writer whose work anticipated themes of the Harlem Renaissance and contributed significantly to Black literary modernism.
  • D. Ben H. Kline
    Ben H. Kline was an American film professional best known for his work as an assistant director and cinematographer during Hollywood’s early studio era.
  • E. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • 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: John Gamble Kirkwood
Triple: [Rolf Landauer, doctoralAdvisor, John Gamble Kirkwood]
Generated description
John Gamble Kirkwood was an influential American theoretical chemist and physicist known for his foundational contributions to statistical mechanics and the theory of liquids.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Gamble Kirkwood
Target entity description: John Gamble Kirkwood was an influential American theoretical chemist and physicist known for his foundational contributions to statistical mechanics and the theory of liquids.
  • A. Daniel Kirkwood
    Daniel Kirkwood was a 19th-century American astronomer best known for discovering the Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt.
  • B. William M. Hartmann
    William M. Hartmann is an American physicist and psychoacoustician known for his influential research on auditory perception and acoustics.
  • C. Fenton Johnson
    Fenton Johnson was an early 20th-century African American poet and writer whose work anticipated themes of the Harlem Renaissance and contributed significantly to Black literary modernism.
  • D. Ben H. Kline
    Ben H. Kline was an American film professional best known for his work as an assistant director and cinematographer during Hollywood’s early studio era.
  • E. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • 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_69aed94425148190be337845d56fac22 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefcae22a081908af65a960306b78c completed March 9, 2026, 5 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5b757a4c48190bf72c6852b00777f completed March 14, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5b85f31d481908f85ea08b9af5b52 completed March 14, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5b8d0fc1c8190908724ea4f7c3d17 completed March 14, 2026, 7:36 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:40 p.m.