Triple

T7150598
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject density functional theory E166680 entity
Predicate introducedBy P513 FINISHED
Object Walter Kohn
Walter Kohn was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for revolutionizing quantum chemistry and condensed matter physics through the development of density functional theory.
E645116 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: Walter Kohn | Statement: [density functional theory, introducedBy, Walter Kohn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Kohn
Context triple: [density functional theory, introducedBy, Walter Kohn]
  • A. Elliott H. Lieb
    Elliott H. Lieb is an American mathematical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and condensed matter physics.
  • B. Robert S. Mulliken
    Robert S. Mulliken was an American physicist and chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on molecular orbital theory and the electronic structure of molecules.
  • C. Lars Onsager
    Lars Onsager was a Norwegian-born physical chemist and theoretical physicist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on nonequilibrium thermodynamics and the Onsager reciprocal relations.
  • D. Erich Bethe
    Erich Bethe was a German classical philologist known for his scholarly work on ancient Greek literature and mythology.
  • E. Wolfgang Pauli
    Wolfgang Pauli was an Austrian-Swiss theoretical physicist renowned for formulating the Pauli exclusion principle and making foundational contributions to quantum mechanics.
  • 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: Walter Kohn
Triple: [density functional theory, introducedBy, Walter Kohn]
Generated description
Walter Kohn was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for revolutionizing quantum chemistry and condensed matter physics through the development of density functional theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Kohn
Target entity description: Walter Kohn was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for revolutionizing quantum chemistry and condensed matter physics through the development of density functional theory.
  • A. Elliott H. Lieb
    Elliott H. Lieb is an American mathematical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and condensed matter physics.
  • B. Robert S. Mulliken
    Robert S. Mulliken was an American physicist and chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on molecular orbital theory and the electronic structure of molecules.
  • C. Lars Onsager
    Lars Onsager was a Norwegian-born physical chemist and theoretical physicist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on nonequilibrium thermodynamics and the Onsager reciprocal relations.
  • D. Erich Bethe
    Erich Bethe was a German classical philologist known for his scholarly work on ancient Greek literature and mythology.
  • E. Wolfgang Pauli
    Wolfgang Pauli was an Austrian-Swiss theoretical physicist renowned for formulating the Pauli exclusion principle and making foundational contributions to quantum mechanics.
  • 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_69c68886779c8190a8e3fbabffe68253 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e7f28b188190b1732ca711666531 completed March 27, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7ada940e08190b16e97e363801e75 completed March 28, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7ae5767408190860c1c7bc3a769fa completed March 28, 2026, 10:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7aeb68c3481909c6dff8ee51349ab completed March 28, 2026, 10:34 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:46 p.m.