Triple
T490443
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nick Holonyak Jr. |
E9976
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nick
Nick is the given name of Nick Holonyak Jr., the American engineer and inventor widely known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED.
|
E69541
|
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: Nick | Statement: [Nick Holonyak Jr., givenName, Nick]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Context triple: [Nick Holonyak Jr., givenName, Nick]
-
A.
Neil
Neil is the given name of Neil deGrasse Tyson, a prominent American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.
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B.
Neal
Neal is a masculine given name of Gaelic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Jack
Jack is a common masculine given name, often used as a familiar form of John and widely featured in English-language literature and popular culture.
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D.
Jamie
Jamie is a given name commonly used as a diminutive or variant of James, and is borne by people of all genders in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Sam
Sam is a person whose given name is Sam.
- 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: Nick Triple: [Nick Holonyak Jr., givenName, Nick]
Generated description
Nick is the given name of Nick Holonyak Jr., the American engineer and inventor widely known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Target entity description: Nick is the given name of Nick Holonyak Jr., the American engineer and inventor widely known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED.
-
A.
Neil
Neil is the given name of Neil deGrasse Tyson, a prominent American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.
-
B.
Neal
Neal is a masculine given name of Gaelic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
-
C.
Jack
Jack is a common masculine given name, often used as a familiar form of John and widely featured in English-language literature and popular culture.
-
D.
Jamie
Jamie is a given name commonly used as a diminutive or variant of James, and is borne by people of all genders in English-speaking countries.
-
E.
Sam
Sam is a person whose given name is Sam.
- 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_69a2e802e2908190ab17c9479e0b6412 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f0e22a308190b04d12974fd08a38 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4e62e2b3c81908215dab8c0717495 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4e6b3f570819087fe28f3225afe88 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4e706d3e88190822eeb4a724a9b6a |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:25 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.