Triple

T8684880
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject no-boundary proposal E206132 entity
Predicate proposedBy P32 FINISHED
Object James Hartle
James Hartle was an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist best known for his work on quantum cosmology and for co-developing the Hartle–Hawking no-boundary proposal with Stephen Hawking.
E751299 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: James Hartle | Statement: [no-boundary proposal, proposedBy, James Hartle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Hartle
Context triple: [no-boundary proposal, proposedBy, James Hartle]
  • A. Alan Hartley
    Alan Hartley was a senior British Army officer who served as a prominent commander in British India during the era of the British Raj.
  • B. Richard Hartnett
    Richard Hartnett is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Hartnett, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • C. Anthony Russell Hale
    Anthony Russell Hale is an American actor and comedian best known for his Emmy-winning role as the neurotic assistant Buster Bluth on the television series "Arrested Development."
  • D. Jonathan Hardy
    Jonathan Hardy was an Australian actor, writer, and director best known for co-writing the acclaimed film "Breaker Morant" and for his extensive work in Australian theatre, film, and television.
  • E. Alex Mather
    Alex Mather is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the sports media company The Athletic.
  • 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: James Hartle
Triple: [no-boundary proposal, proposedBy, James Hartle]
Generated description
James Hartle was an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist best known for his work on quantum cosmology and for co-developing the Hartle–Hawking no-boundary proposal with Stephen Hawking.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Hartle
Target entity description: James Hartle was an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist best known for his work on quantum cosmology and for co-developing the Hartle–Hawking no-boundary proposal with Stephen Hawking.
  • A. Alan Hartley
    Alan Hartley was a senior British Army officer who served as a prominent commander in British India during the era of the British Raj.
  • B. Richard Hartnett
    Richard Hartnett is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Hartnett, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • C. Anthony Russell Hale
    Anthony Russell Hale is an American actor and comedian best known for his Emmy-winning role as the neurotic assistant Buster Bluth on the television series "Arrested Development."
  • D. Jonathan Hardy
    Jonathan Hardy was an Australian actor, writer, and director best known for co-writing the acclaimed film "Breaker Morant" and for his extensive work in Australian theatre, film, and television.
  • E. Alex Mather
    Alex Mather is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the sports media company The Athletic.
  • 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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cef521010081908815779c0bd2aac9 completed April 2, 2026, 11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cef727ea088190bf40eaf5424ae864 completed April 2, 2026, 11:09 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:32 p.m.