Triple
T823028
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hamilton |
E17790
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Rowan Hamilton
William Rowan Hamilton was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist best known for developing quaternions and reformulating classical mechanics in what is now called Hamiltonian mechanics.
|
E101954
|
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: William Rowan Hamilton | Statement: [Hamilton, hasNotableBearer, William Rowan Hamilton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rowan Hamilton Context triple: [Hamilton, hasNotableBearer, William Rowan Hamilton]
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A.
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
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B.
Augustus De Morgan
Augustus De Morgan was a 19th-century British mathematician and logician known for formulating De Morgan's laws and contributing foundational work to symbolic logic.
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C.
William Whewell
William Whewell was a 19th-century English polymath, philosopher, and historian of science known for coining key scientific terms and shaping the philosophy of scientific method.
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D.
Horace Lamb
Horace Lamb was a British applied mathematician renowned for his foundational work in hydrodynamics and the theory of sound.
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E.
George Stokes
George Stokes was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational work in fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical 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: William Rowan Hamilton Triple: [Hamilton, hasNotableBearer, William Rowan Hamilton]
Generated description
William Rowan Hamilton was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist best known for developing quaternions and reformulating classical mechanics in what is now called Hamiltonian mechanics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rowan Hamilton Target entity description: William Rowan Hamilton was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist best known for developing quaternions and reformulating classical mechanics in what is now called Hamiltonian mechanics.
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A.
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
-
B.
Augustus De Morgan
Augustus De Morgan was a 19th-century British mathematician and logician known for formulating De Morgan's laws and contributing foundational work to symbolic logic.
-
C.
William Whewell
William Whewell was a 19th-century English polymath, philosopher, and historian of science known for coining key scientific terms and shaping the philosophy of scientific method.
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D.
Horace Lamb
Horace Lamb was a British applied mathematician renowned for his foundational work in hydrodynamics and the theory of sound.
-
E.
George Stokes
George Stokes was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational work in fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical 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_69a4937bcaac8190a322524ac6f45a5a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ab7c139c8190b6d75661b5138d89 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7a3b6f0a0819086f8789773f8251e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 3:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7a51e0420819092f792ce0b5e69d3 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 3:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7a5b041848190bfa91737c71c217c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 3:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.