Triple
T7433250
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage) |
E171541
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableSpy |
P28504
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Allan Nunn May
Allan Nunn May was a British physicist who became one of the first and most significant atomic spies, passing nuclear secrets from the UK to the Soviet Union during and after World War II.
|
E665460
|
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: Allan Nunn May | Statement: [Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage), notableSpy, Allan Nunn May]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allan Nunn May Context triple: [Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage), notableSpy, Allan Nunn May]
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A.
William Henry Pickering
William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer known for his discoveries of planetary satellites and contributions to lunar and planetary observation.
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B.
Arthur A. Shurcliff
Arthur A. Shurcliff was a prominent early 20th-century American landscape architect known for his work on major estates and historic restoration projects, including significant contributions to Colonial Revival design.
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C.
Edgar Odell Lovett
Edgar Odell Lovett was an American mathematician and educator best known as the founding president of Rice University, where he played a central role in shaping the institution’s early development.
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D.
George C. Powell
George C. Powell was the father of Lewis Powell, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination plot against U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Louis D. Lighton
Louis D. Lighton was an American film producer active during Hollywood’s studio era, known for overseeing a range of major motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s.
- 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: Allan Nunn May Triple: [Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage), notableSpy, Allan Nunn May]
Generated description
Allan Nunn May was a British physicist who became one of the first and most significant atomic spies, passing nuclear secrets from the UK to the Soviet Union during and after World War II.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allan Nunn May Target entity description: Allan Nunn May was a British physicist who became one of the first and most significant atomic spies, passing nuclear secrets from the UK to the Soviet Union during and after World War II.
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A.
William Henry Pickering
William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer known for his discoveries of planetary satellites and contributions to lunar and planetary observation.
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B.
Arthur A. Shurcliff
Arthur A. Shurcliff was a prominent early 20th-century American landscape architect known for his work on major estates and historic restoration projects, including significant contributions to Colonial Revival design.
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C.
Edgar Odell Lovett
Edgar Odell Lovett was an American mathematician and educator best known as the founding president of Rice University, where he played a central role in shaping the institution’s early development.
-
D.
George C. Powell
George C. Powell was the father of Lewis Powell, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination plot against U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Louis D. Lighton
Louis D. Lighton was an American film producer active during Hollywood’s studio era, known for overseeing a range of major motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s.
- 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_69c68a63491881909281f73d4d5643bf |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f4ec85488190a1f7fb913e0fbe35 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c827829a848190afca7b5f79c51c7c |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c828c8b0588190a5a99380dc25d837 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8296962b48190b9f5cc4a66b93b91 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:18 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:12 p.m.