Triple
T4848641
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 高錕 |
E108355
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Kuen Kao
Charles Kuen Kao was a pioneering physicist and electrical engineer known as the “father of fiber optics” for his groundbreaking work that enabled modern fiber-optic communications.
|
E473519
|
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: Charles Kuen Kao | Statement: [高錕, name, Charles Kuen Kao]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Kuen Kao Context triple: [高錕, name, Charles Kuen Kao]
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A.
L. C. Pei
L. C. Pei is a Chinese-American architect best known for designing the iconic Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong.
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B.
Yuan-Cheng Fung
Yuan-Cheng Fung was a pioneering bioengineer often regarded as the "father of modern biomechanics" for his foundational contributions to the mechanics of living tissues.
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C.
C. Y. Lee
C. Y. Lee was a Chinese-American novelist best known for his 1957 book "The Flower Drum Song," which was adapted into a successful Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and film.
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D.
Morris Chang
Morris Chang is a Taiwanese-American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder and longtime leader of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a pioneering and globally dominant semiconductor foundry.
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E.
Yuan T. Lee
Yuan T. Lee is a Taiwanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical reaction dynamics.
- 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: Charles Kuen Kao Triple: [高錕, name, Charles Kuen Kao]
Generated description
Charles Kuen Kao was a pioneering physicist and electrical engineer known as the “father of fiber optics” for his groundbreaking work that enabled modern fiber-optic communications.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Kuen Kao Target entity description: Charles Kuen Kao was a pioneering physicist and electrical engineer known as the “father of fiber optics” for his groundbreaking work that enabled modern fiber-optic communications.
-
A.
L. C. Pei
L. C. Pei is a Chinese-American architect best known for designing the iconic Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong.
-
B.
Yuan-Cheng Fung
Yuan-Cheng Fung was a pioneering bioengineer often regarded as the "father of modern biomechanics" for his foundational contributions to the mechanics of living tissues.
-
C.
C. Y. Lee
C. Y. Lee was a Chinese-American novelist best known for his 1957 book "The Flower Drum Song," which was adapted into a successful Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and film.
-
D.
Morris Chang
Morris Chang is a Taiwanese-American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder and longtime leader of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a pioneering and globally dominant semiconductor foundry.
-
E.
Yuan T. Lee
Yuan T. Lee is a Taiwanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical reaction dynamics.
- 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_69bd4409b264819085ab855f3eb5381a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6d1c5594819094fe021d7717032d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be5cdafb3481908594ae883c6e9872 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be5d4f2f908190b305996875f1f956 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be5dcbb58c8190bbcf75c570720ad6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:58 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.