Triple

T4966362
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Theodore von Kármán E111535 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Ludwig Prandtl
Ludwig Prandtl was a pioneering German physicist and engineer known as the father of modern aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, particularly for his development of boundary layer theory.
E483173 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: Ludwig Prandtl | Statement: [Theodore von Kármán, doctoralAdvisor, Ludwig Prandtl]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ludwig Prandtl
Context triple: [Theodore von Kármán, doctoralAdvisor, Ludwig Prandtl]
  • A. Theodore von Kármán
    Theodore von Kármán was a pioneering Hungarian-American aerospace engineer and physicist whose work in aerodynamics and fluid mechanics fundamentally shaped modern aviation and spaceflight.
  • B. Herbert Busemann
    Herbert Busemann was a German-American mathematician known for his influential work in geometry, particularly convex and metric geometry, and for his contributions to the axiomatic foundations of geometry.
  • C. G. I. Taylor
    G. I. Taylor was a pioneering British physicist and applied mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to fluid dynamics and wave theory.
  • D. Richard von Mises
    Richard von Mises was an Austrian-American mathematician and physicist known for his foundational work in probability theory, aerodynamics, and the philosophy of science.
  • E. Hans Reissner
    Hans Reissner was a German engineer and physicist known for his contributions to aerodynamics and general relativity, including work that led to the formulation of the Reissner–Nordström solution describing charged black holes.
  • 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: Ludwig Prandtl
Triple: [Theodore von Kármán, doctoralAdvisor, Ludwig Prandtl]
Generated description
Ludwig Prandtl was a pioneering German physicist and engineer known as the father of modern aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, particularly for his development of boundary layer theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ludwig Prandtl
Target entity description: Ludwig Prandtl was a pioneering German physicist and engineer known as the father of modern aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, particularly for his development of boundary layer theory.
  • A. Theodore von Kármán
    Theodore von Kármán was a pioneering Hungarian-American aerospace engineer and physicist whose work in aerodynamics and fluid mechanics fundamentally shaped modern aviation and spaceflight.
  • B. Herbert Busemann
    Herbert Busemann was a German-American mathematician known for his influential work in geometry, particularly convex and metric geometry, and for his contributions to the axiomatic foundations of geometry.
  • C. G. I. Taylor
    G. I. Taylor was a pioneering British physicist and applied mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to fluid dynamics and wave theory.
  • D. Richard von Mises
    Richard von Mises was an Austrian-American mathematician and physicist known for his foundational work in probability theory, aerodynamics, and the philosophy of science.
  • E. Hans Reissner
    Hans Reissner was a German engineer and physicist known for his contributions to aerodynamics and general relativity, including work that led to the formulation of the Reissner–Nordström solution describing charged black holes.
  • 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_69be81f13988819097dcd5a65cb1f502 completed March 21, 2026, 11:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be83b10e048190889289ac2ca9f07f completed March 21, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be843e2e50819099b2b73498c7c16e completed March 21, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.