Triple

T4966331
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Yuan-Cheng Fung E111534 entity
Predicate hasAcademicAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Hans W. Liepmann
Hans W. Liepmann was a prominent German-American engineer and physicist known for his influential work in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics at the California Institute of Technology.
E488132 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: Hans W. Liepmann | Statement: [Yuan-Cheng Fung, hasAcademicAdvisor, Hans W. Liepmann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hans W. Liepmann
Context triple: [Yuan-Cheng Fung, hasAcademicAdvisor, Hans W. Liepmann]
  • A. Warner T. Koiter
    Warner T. Koiter was a Dutch mechanical engineer and applied mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to the theory of elastic stability and shell structures.
  • B. Charles Hartmann
    Charles Hartmann is a central fictional character in Sebastian Faulks’s novel "The Girl at the Lion d’Or," depicted as a middle-aged, married lawyer and politician who becomes romantically involved with the young waitress Anne Louvet in 1930s France.
  • C. Walter L. Huber
    Walter L. Huber was a prominent American civil engineer and researcher recognized for his significant contributions to the field, commemorated by the ASCE’s Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize.
  • D. Werner R. Heymann
    Werner R. Heymann was a German composer best known for his sophisticated film scores in Hollywood’s Golden Age, particularly for classic comedies and romances.
  • E. George Placzek
    George Placzek was a Czech physicist known for his influential work in nuclear physics and quantum theory, including key contributions to early nuclear reactor research.
  • 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: Hans W. Liepmann
Triple: [Yuan-Cheng Fung, hasAcademicAdvisor, Hans W. Liepmann]
Generated description
Hans W. Liepmann was a prominent German-American engineer and physicist known for his influential work in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics at the California Institute of Technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hans W. Liepmann
Target entity description: Hans W. Liepmann was a prominent German-American engineer and physicist known for his influential work in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics at the California Institute of Technology.
  • A. Warner T. Koiter
    Warner T. Koiter was a Dutch mechanical engineer and applied mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to the theory of elastic stability and shell structures.
  • B. Charles Hartmann
    Charles Hartmann is a central fictional character in Sebastian Faulks’s novel "The Girl at the Lion d’Or," depicted as a middle-aged, married lawyer and politician who becomes romantically involved with the young waitress Anne Louvet in 1930s France.
  • C. Walter L. Huber
    Walter L. Huber was a prominent American civil engineer and researcher recognized for his significant contributions to the field, commemorated by the ASCE’s Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize.
  • D. Werner R. Heymann
    Werner R. Heymann was a German composer best known for his sophisticated film scores in Hollywood’s Golden Age, particularly for classic comedies and romances.
  • E. George Placzek
    George Placzek was a Czech physicist known for his influential work in nuclear physics and quantum theory, including key contributions to early nuclear reactor research.
  • 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_69bd4419393c819086319a6fe4bf8542 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd71f7ae388190b752770bf577906f completed March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be9c4b5608819089c0bf2400395d18 completed March 21, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be9de82ed48190bb85ba05a2d4ecbe completed March 21, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be9ea74c248190b08113606e43ebc5 completed March 21, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.