Triple
T769411
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory |
E16246
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableEmployee |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Victor Grinich |
E167493
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Victor Grinich | Statement: [Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, notableEmployee, Victor Grinich]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Victor Grinich Context triple: [Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, notableEmployee, Victor Grinich]
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A.
Victor Grinich
chosen
Victor Grinich was an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the Traitorous Eight who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor, helping launch Silicon Valley’s semiconductor industry.
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B.
Victor Kugler
Victor Kugler was one of the Dutch helpers who risked his life to hide Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
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C.
Joseph Buloff
Joseph Buloff was a Lithuanian-born American actor and director known for his work in Yiddish theater and on Broadway.
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D.
Andrew Heiskell
Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
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E.
Walter Blume
Walter Blume was a German aircraft designer and former World War I fighter ace best known for his work on advanced Luftwaffe aircraft during the Second World War.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a49369a0848190af883934cee3db4c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a70376988190be2826259f5281ab |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adbf2ffb088190a49686609d7de213 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.