Triple
T440537
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology |
E10103
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Arnold O. Beckman
Arnold O. Beckman was an American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist best known for developing the pH meter and founding Beckman Instruments, which significantly advanced scientific instrumentation.
|
E73549
|
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: Arnold O. Beckman | Statement: [Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, namedAfter, Arnold O. Beckman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arnold O. Beckman Context triple: [Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, namedAfter, Arnold O. Beckman]
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A.
Edward Levi
Edward Levi was an American legal scholar and former president of the University of Chicago who served as U.S. Attorney General, where he is credited with restoring integrity to the Justice Department after the Watergate scandal.
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B.
Robert Upshur Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
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C.
Percy W. Bridgman
Percy W. Bridgman was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in high-pressure physics and for developing the philosophical approach known as operationalism.
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D.
Robert B. Leighton
Robert B. Leighton was an American experimental physicist and educator known for his contributions to cosmic-ray and infrared astronomy and for coauthoring the influential Feynman Lectures on Physics.
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E.
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
- 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: Arnold O. Beckman Triple: [Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, namedAfter, Arnold O. Beckman]
Generated description
Arnold O. Beckman was an American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist best known for developing the pH meter and founding Beckman Instruments, which significantly advanced scientific instrumentation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arnold O. Beckman Target entity description: Arnold O. Beckman was an American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist best known for developing the pH meter and founding Beckman Instruments, which significantly advanced scientific instrumentation.
-
A.
Edward Levi
Edward Levi was an American legal scholar and former president of the University of Chicago who served as U.S. Attorney General, where he is credited with restoring integrity to the Justice Department after the Watergate scandal.
-
B.
Robert Upshur Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
-
C.
Percy W. Bridgman
Percy W. Bridgman was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in high-pressure physics and for developing the philosophical approach known as operationalism.
-
D.
Robert B. Leighton
Robert B. Leighton was an American experimental physicist and educator known for his contributions to cosmic-ray and infrared astronomy and for coauthoring the influential Feynman Lectures on Physics.
-
E.
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
- 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_69a2e8465ef481909655c681b01e2986 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ef2af84881909635ebbbb3465b1b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5103417008190ab3755dbba5f7622 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a510cee8808190b9fad02e85f96af1 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5113da3f881909abea82da8fb31d5 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:25 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.