Triple
T8684832
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | M-theory |
E206131
|
entity |
| Predicate | proposedBy |
P32
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Edward Witten |
E48697
|
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: Edward Witten | Statement: [M-theory, proposedBy, Edward Witten]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Witten Context triple: [M-theory, proposedBy, Edward Witten]
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A.
Edward Witten
chosen
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in string theory, quantum gravity, and related areas of mathematical physics.
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B.
Sylvester James Gates Jr.
Sylvester James Gates Jr. is an American theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory, as well as for his leadership and public advocacy for science and diversity in physics.
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C.
David Gross
David Gross is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his co-discovery of asymptotic freedom in quantum chromodynamics.
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D.
Juan Maldacena
Juan Maldacena is an Argentine theoretical physicist renowned for his groundbreaking work in string theory and quantum gravity, particularly for formulating the AdS/CFT correspondence that links gravity in anti-de Sitter space to conformal field theories.
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E.
Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek is a Nobel Prize–winning theoretical physicist renowned for his work on quantum chromodynamics, the strong nuclear force, and concepts such as asymptotic freedom and anyons.
- 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_69ca835379688190aa06b9d98e684d58 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc4aeae740819099093906ccc5f640 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cef3c3c74c81908cd9e881d5963492 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 10:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:32 p.m.