Triple

T4142056
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gerard ’t Hooft E89292 entity
Predicate doctoralStudent P167 FINISHED
Object Jan Smit
Jan Smit is a theoretical physicist known for his work in lattice gauge theory and contributions to the foundations of quantum field theory.
E415086 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: Jan Smit | Statement: [Gerard ’t Hooft, doctoralStudent, Jan Smit]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Smit
Context triple: [Gerard ’t Hooft, doctoralStudent, Jan Smit]
  • A. Ben Louw
    Ben Louw is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a prominent bearer of the surname Louw.
  • B. Jeroen Krabbé
    Jeroen Krabbé is a Dutch actor and director known internationally for his roles in films such as "The Living Daylights," "The Fugitive," and "Ocean's Twelve."
  • C. Marc de Jonge
    Marc de Jonge was a French actor best known internationally for playing the Soviet Colonel Zaysen in the action film "Rambo III."
  • D. Christian Huitema
    Christian Huitema is a French computer scientist and Internet pioneer known for his influential work on networking protocols and IPv6 transition technologies.
  • E. Theo de Meester
    Theo de Meester was a Dutch liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Jan Smit
Triple: [Gerard ’t Hooft, doctoralStudent, Jan Smit]
Generated description
Jan Smit is a theoretical physicist known for his work in lattice gauge theory and contributions to the foundations of quantum field theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Smit
Target entity description: Jan Smit is a theoretical physicist known for his work in lattice gauge theory and contributions to the foundations of quantum field theory.
  • A. Ben Louw
    Ben Louw is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a prominent bearer of the surname Louw.
  • B. Jeroen Krabbé
    Jeroen Krabbé is a Dutch actor and director known internationally for his roles in films such as "The Living Daylights," "The Fugitive," and "Ocean's Twelve."
  • C. Marc de Jonge
    Marc de Jonge was a French actor best known internationally for playing the Soviet Colonel Zaysen in the action film "Rambo III."
  • D. Christian Huitema
    Christian Huitema is a French computer scientist and Internet pioneer known for his influential work on networking protocols and IPv6 transition technologies.
  • E. Theo de Meester
    Theo de Meester was a Dutch liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69aed95785788190ae75bcf0cd1cafdf completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af024b8fe4819098e8f393474363c8 completed March 9, 2026, 5:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b576cff6c881909134804ba6f9876d completed March 14, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b577d391ac8190b6062b1f64e2e7e8 completed March 14, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5787ed214819092fc425152069df9 completed March 14, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:43 p.m.