Triple
T65869
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Physical Review |
E1312
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ernest Merritt
Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
|
E8836
|
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: Ernest Merritt | Statement: [Physical Review, foundedBy, Ernest Merritt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Merritt Context triple: [Physical Review, foundedBy, Ernest Merritt]
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A.
Richard Bolt
Richard Bolt was an American acoustician and co-founder of the influential research and engineering firm Bolt Beranek and Newman, known for its pioneering work in acoustics and computer networking.
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B.
Howard Potter
Howard Potter was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist who played a key role in the cultural life of New York City.
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C.
Geoffrey Crayon
Geoffrey Crayon is the fictional narrator and persona created by Washington Irving, best known for presenting tales such as those in "The Sketch Book," including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
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D.
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
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E.
David C. Acheson
David C. Acheson is an American lawyer and former government official who served on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 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: Ernest Merritt Triple: [Physical Review, foundedBy, Ernest Merritt]
Generated description
Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Merritt Target entity description: Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
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A.
Richard Bolt
Richard Bolt was an American acoustician and co-founder of the influential research and engineering firm Bolt Beranek and Newman, known for its pioneering work in acoustics and computer networking.
-
B.
Howard Potter
Howard Potter was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist who played a key role in the cultural life of New York City.
-
C.
Geoffrey Crayon
Geoffrey Crayon is the fictional narrator and persona created by Washington Irving, best known for presenting tales such as those in "The Sketch Book," including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
-
D.
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
-
E.
David C. Acheson
David C. Acheson is an American lawyer and former government official who served on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 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_69a24ba4f760819081f6638a3c70538a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:57 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24ee6ba348190b00977285d74d8f5 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a266e8d6c48190813a2fc1578a2c12 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a267a60dc0819094eb550c03a8db34 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2682c69788190a78d65399881a814 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:59 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:02 a.m.