Triple

T8490712
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Ehrenfest E200960 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Samuel Goudsmit
Samuel Goudsmit was a Dutch-American physicist best known as the co-discoverer of electron spin and later scientific director of the Manhattan Project’s Alsos Mission.
 E739850 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: Samuel Goudsmit | Statement: [Paul Ehrenfest, notableStudent, Samuel Goudsmit]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Samuel Goudsmit
Context triple: [Paul Ehrenfest, notableStudent, Samuel Goudsmit]
  • A. George Eugene Uhlenbeck
    George Eugene Uhlenbeck was a Dutch-American theoretical physicist best known for co-discovering electron spin and for his influential work in statistical mechanics and stochastic processes.
  • B. Walter Brattain
    Walter Brattain was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as one of the co-inventors of the transistor.
  • C. John J. Pierce
    John J. Pierce is an American science fiction editor and critic known for his influential work in genre magazines and scholarship.
  • D. Harold Weiss
    Harold Weiss is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, and without additional context it does not refer to a single widely recognized public figure.
  • E. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • 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: Samuel Goudsmit
Triple: [Paul Ehrenfest, notableStudent, Samuel Goudsmit]
Generated description
Samuel Goudsmit was a Dutch-American physicist best known as the co-discoverer of electron spin and later scientific director of the Manhattan Project’s Alsos Mission.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Samuel Goudsmit
Target entity description: Samuel Goudsmit was a Dutch-American physicist best known as the co-discoverer of electron spin and later scientific director of the Manhattan Project’s Alsos Mission.
  • A. George Eugene Uhlenbeck
    George Eugene Uhlenbeck was a Dutch-American theoretical physicist best known for co-discovering electron spin and for his influential work in statistical mechanics and stochastic processes.
  • B. Walter Brattain
    Walter Brattain was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as one of the co-inventors of the transistor.
  • C. John J. Pierce
    John J. Pierce is an American science fiction editor and critic known for his influential work in genre magazines and scholarship.
  • D. Harold Weiss
    Harold Weiss is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, and without additional context it does not refer to a single widely recognized public figure.
  • E. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • 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_69ca831d7b148190a6e32c1de43ab13b completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe55af3f48190a8cd64cdce0ebd4c completed March 31, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce4df8f78c81908c83d7d5ac996504 completed April 2, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce4ff668d4819081f4c3186437291b completed April 2, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce54cc52cc81908ca48c93956ca86e completed April 2, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.