Triple

T736503
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism E14944 entity
Predicate editorOfSecondEdition P1954 FINISHED
Object William Davidson Niven
William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist known for his editorial work on major scientific texts and his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E202584 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: William Davidson Niven | Statement: [A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, editorOfSecondEdition, William Davidson Niven]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Davidson Niven
Context triple: [A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, editorOfSecondEdition, William Davidson Niven]
  • A. John Dawson
    John Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and fusion research.
  • B. William Nolan
    William Nolan is an editor known for his work on editions of classic adventure literature, including "The Mark of Zorro."
  • C. Charles Walters
    Charles Walters was an American film director and choreographer best known for his work on classic MGM musicals in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Robert Newman
    Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
  • E. Lawrence Bender
    Lawrence Bender is an American film producer best known for his longtime collaboration with Quentin Tarantino on influential films such as "Pulp Fiction" and the "Kill Bill" series.
  • 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: William Davidson Niven
Triple: [A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, editorOfSecondEdition, William Davidson Niven]
Generated description
William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist known for his editorial work on major scientific texts and his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Davidson Niven
Target entity description: William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist known for his editorial work on major scientific texts and his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. John Dawson
    John Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and fusion research.
  • B. William Nolan
    William Nolan is an editor known for his work on editions of classic adventure literature, including "The Mark of Zorro."
  • C. Charles Walters
    Charles Walters was an American film director and choreographer best known for his work on classic MGM musicals in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Robert Newman
    Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
  • E. Lawrence Bender
    Lawrence Bender is an American film producer best known for his longtime collaboration with Quentin Tarantino on influential films such as "Pulp Fiction" and the "Kill Bill" series.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: editorOfSecondEdition
Context triple: [A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, editorOfSecondEdition, William Davidson Niven]
  • A. editedBy chosen
    Indicates that one entity has revised, modified, or otherwise made editorial changes to another entity.
  • B. formerEditorInChief
    Indicates that a person previously held, but no longer holds, the position of editor-in-chief of a publication or organization.
  • C. edition
    Indicates that one entity is a specific version, issue, or release of another (typically a work such as a book, journal, or software).
  • D. amendedBy
    Indicates that one entity has been modified, revised, or updated as a result of changes made by another entity.
  • E. laterEditionParatext
    Indicates that the paratext is taken from or associated with a later edition of the work than the primary text or base edition under consideration.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a4934d9930819099eed80096b0597d completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a66820548190b373deb117187c2c completed March 1, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adb5a4db2c8190830f3b2a707a3d32 completed March 8, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adb9b262048190a4382a86f1c8f192 completed March 8, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adba2484b48190a712f29f87f9e45e completed March 8, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4a4fafee081909bf356854c09aaff completed March 1, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.