Triple

T692594
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alan Guth E13825 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Paul Steinhardt
Paul Steinhardt is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist known for his work on inflationary cosmology, the cyclic model of the universe, and the theoretical prediction of quasicrystals.
E87085 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: Paul Steinhardt | Statement: [Alan Guth, influenced, Paul Steinhardt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Steinhardt
Context triple: [Alan Guth, influenced, Paul Steinhardt]
  • A. Alan Guth
    Alan Guth is an American theoretical physicist best known for proposing the theory of cosmic inflation, which explains the rapid expansion of the early universe.
  • B. Andrei Linde
    Andrei Linde is a theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of chaotic inflation and making major contributions to modern cosmological inflationary models.
  • C. Dennis Sciama
    Dennis Sciama was a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a key role in developing modern cosmology and mentoring a generation of leading physicists.
  • D. Dan Appelquist
    Dan Appelquist is a web standards and open web advocate known for his leadership in internet architecture and governance, including chairing key World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) groups.
  • E. James Peebles
    James Peebles is a Canadian-American physicist and cosmologist renowned for his pioneering work on the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the universe, for which he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • 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: Paul Steinhardt
Triple: [Alan Guth, influenced, Paul Steinhardt]
Generated description
Paul Steinhardt is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist known for his work on inflationary cosmology, the cyclic model of the universe, and the theoretical prediction of quasicrystals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Steinhardt
Target entity description: Paul Steinhardt is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist known for his work on inflationary cosmology, the cyclic model of the universe, and the theoretical prediction of quasicrystals.
  • A. Alan Guth
    Alan Guth is an American theoretical physicist best known for proposing the theory of cosmic inflation, which explains the rapid expansion of the early universe.
  • B. Andrei Linde
    Andrei Linde is a theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of chaotic inflation and making major contributions to modern cosmological inflationary models.
  • C. Dennis Sciama
    Dennis Sciama was a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a key role in developing modern cosmology and mentoring a generation of leading physicists.
  • D. Dan Appelquist
    Dan Appelquist is a web standards and open web advocate known for his leadership in internet architecture and governance, including chairing key World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) groups.
  • E. James Peebles
    James Peebles is a Canadian-American physicist and cosmologist renowned for his pioneering work on the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the universe, for which he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • 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_69a493406c408190957eeec9048a8fb6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a0b05f2c8190876c73db15b489a2 completed March 1, 2026, 8:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a637514c9081909938d0801f071fea completed March 3, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a63b69c1788190b9bc613d04d7d5b0 completed March 3, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a63bc5a9808190b881ebd85d3d6ee8 completed March 3, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.