Triple

T801355
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Groningen E17133 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Frits Zernike
Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate best known for inventing phase-contrast microscopy, which revolutionized the observation of transparent specimens.
E95460 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: Frits Zernike | Statement: [University of Groningen, hasNotableAlumni, Frits Zernike]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frits Zernike
Context triple: [University of Groningen, hasNotableAlumni, Frits Zernike]
  • A. Hendrik Anthony Kramers
    Hendrik Anthony Kramers was a Dutch theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics, dispersion theory, and the Kramers–Kronig relations.
  • B. Johannes van der Meer
    Johannes van der Meer is another name for Johannes Vermeer, the renowned 17th-century Dutch painter celebrated for his masterful use of light and intimate domestic interior scenes.
  • C. Simon van der Meer
    Simon van der Meer was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate whose innovations in particle accelerator technology were crucial to major discoveries in high-energy physics.
  • D. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
    Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch physicist renowned for his pioneering work in low-temperature physics, including the liquefaction of helium and the discovery of superconductivity.
  • E. Felix Bloch
    Felix Bloch was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state 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: Frits Zernike
Triple: [University of Groningen, hasNotableAlumni, Frits Zernike]
Generated description
Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate best known for inventing phase-contrast microscopy, which revolutionized the observation of transparent specimens.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frits Zernike
Target entity description: Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate best known for inventing phase-contrast microscopy, which revolutionized the observation of transparent specimens.
  • A. Hendrik Anthony Kramers
    Hendrik Anthony Kramers was a Dutch theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics, dispersion theory, and the Kramers–Kronig relations.
  • B. Johannes van der Meer
    Johannes van der Meer is another name for Johannes Vermeer, the renowned 17th-century Dutch painter celebrated for his masterful use of light and intimate domestic interior scenes.
  • C. Simon van der Meer
    Simon van der Meer was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate whose innovations in particle accelerator technology were crucial to major discoveries in high-energy physics.
  • D. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
    Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch physicist renowned for his pioneering work in low-temperature physics, including the liquefaction of helium and the discovery of superconductivity.
  • E. Felix Bloch
    Felix Bloch was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state 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_69a49378b9c48190adbf5f62e5b7aca1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a7cc75e88190bd35aabe51051b51 completed March 1, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a68924e1048190ba60034c8b8b3b9e completed March 3, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a68a0f581c8190bdb2a9bda9bce1fa completed March 3, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a6d6042aac8190ba0b092c4b3df66e completed March 3, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.