Triple
T4997766
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute |
E112288
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zhores Alferov |
E99118
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Zhores Alferov | Statement: [Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, hasNotableAlumnus, Zhores Alferov]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhores Alferov Context triple: [Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, hasNotableAlumnus, Zhores Alferov]
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A.
Zhores Alferov
chosen
Zhores Alferov was a Soviet and Russian physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on semiconductor heterostructures, which underpins modern electronics and optoelectronics.
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B.
John Giaever
John Giaever is the son of Norwegian-American physicist and Nobel laureate Ivar Giaever.
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C.
Isamu Akasaki
Isamu Akasaki was a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the development of efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which revolutionized lighting and display technologies.
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D.
Nick Holonyak Jr.
Nick Holonyak Jr. was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED, earning him recognition as a pioneer in semiconductor lighting technology.
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E.
William R. Shockley
William R. Shockley was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during World War II.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd72ba2e588190bfd76beda0c4105c |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be8a3489f08190a338de8d8be09813 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:08 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:34 p.m.