Triple

T4995827
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nevill Francis Mott E112242 entity
Predicate doctoralStudent P167 FINISHED
Object John Ziman
John Ziman was a New Zealand-born British physicist and influential philosopher of science known for his work in condensed matter physics and his writings on the social dimensions of scientific research.
E509213 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: John Ziman | Statement: [Nevill Francis Mott, doctoralStudent, John Ziman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Ziman
Context triple: [Nevill Francis Mott, doctoralStudent, John Ziman]
  • A. Milburn G. Apt
    Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
  • B. Robert J. Kolenkow
    Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
  • C. Donald F. Hornig
    Donald F. Hornig was an American chemist and science advisor who served as a key presidential science counselor, notably to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
  • D. Frederick Seitz
    Frederick Seitz was an influential American physicist and solid-state physics pioneer who served as president of the National Academy of Sciences and Rockefeller University.
  • E. Sidney B. Kramer
    Sidney B. Kramer was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback company Bantam Books.
  • 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: John Ziman
Triple: [Nevill Francis Mott, doctoralStudent, John Ziman]
Generated description
John Ziman was a New Zealand-born British physicist and influential philosopher of science known for his work in condensed matter physics and his writings on the social dimensions of scientific research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Ziman
Target entity description: John Ziman was a New Zealand-born British physicist and influential philosopher of science known for his work in condensed matter physics and his writings on the social dimensions of scientific research.
  • A. Milburn G. Apt
    Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
  • B. Robert J. Kolenkow
    Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
  • C. Donald F. Hornig
    Donald F. Hornig was an American chemist and science advisor who served as a key presidential science counselor, notably to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
  • D. Frederick Seitz
    Frederick Seitz was an influential American physicist and solid-state physics pioneer who served as president of the National Academy of Sciences and Rockefeller University.
  • E. Sidney B. Kramer
    Sidney B. Kramer was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback company Bantam Books.
  • 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_69bd4432b32c81909f3b3c6bd10f0653 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd72a0122c8190bb2fc655f3bc11b0 completed March 20, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf06982c5081908c275019c5d6b1c1 completed March 21, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf09b664948190bebee9c43975e359 completed March 21, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf0a074da88190b52d2519d66b9f5d completed March 21, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:34 p.m.