Triple
T5767277
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cherenkov detector |
E127244
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Pavel Cherenkov
Pavel Cherenkov was a Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering Cherenkov radiation, the bluish light emitted when charged particles travel faster than light in a medium.
|
E543044
|
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: Pavel Cherenkov | Statement: [Cherenkov detector, namedAfter, Pavel Cherenkov]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pavel Cherenkov Context triple: [Cherenkov detector, namedAfter, Pavel Cherenkov]
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A.
Igor Tamm
Igor Tamm was a Soviet theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the theory of Cherenkov radiation and contributions to nuclear and particle physics.
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B.
Sergey Vavilov
Sergey Vavilov was a prominent Soviet physicist and academician, known for his work in physical optics and for serving as president of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
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C.
Sergei Kapitsa
Sergei Kapitsa was a Russian physicist and demographer best known for popularizing science on Soviet television and for his work on population dynamics.
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D.
Georgy Flyorov
Georgy Flyorov was a Soviet nuclear physicist known for his work on nuclear fission and for prompting the Soviet atomic bomb project after noticing the sudden secrecy in Western nuclear publications during World War II.
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E.
Peter Kapitza
Peter Kapitza was a Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in low-temperature physics and the study of liquid helium.
- 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: Pavel Cherenkov Triple: [Cherenkov detector, namedAfter, Pavel Cherenkov]
Generated description
Pavel Cherenkov was a Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering Cherenkov radiation, the bluish light emitted when charged particles travel faster than light in a medium.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pavel Cherenkov Target entity description: Pavel Cherenkov was a Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering Cherenkov radiation, the bluish light emitted when charged particles travel faster than light in a medium.
-
A.
Igor Tamm
Igor Tamm was a Soviet theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the theory of Cherenkov radiation and contributions to nuclear and particle physics.
-
B.
Sergey Vavilov
Sergey Vavilov was a prominent Soviet physicist and academician, known for his work in physical optics and for serving as president of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
-
C.
Sergei Kapitsa
Sergei Kapitsa was a Russian physicist and demographer best known for popularizing science on Soviet television and for his work on population dynamics.
-
D.
Georgy Flyorov
Georgy Flyorov was a Soviet nuclear physicist known for his work on nuclear fission and for prompting the Soviet atomic bomb project after noticing the sudden secrecy in Western nuclear publications during World War II.
-
E.
Peter Kapitza
Peter Kapitza was a Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in low-temperature physics and the study of liquid helium.
- 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_69c00834f6308190851b0abeddd8ed7e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c029731adc8190888adc8178a08e90 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c07e5d8c8c819081067de808ac1b56 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c08bce3e808190af4e2f0e8591b2de |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:39 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c08c6d1a788190acb7651a1f144d9d |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:49 p.m.