Triple
T10250993
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Millikan Medal |
E240338
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Melba Newell Phillips
Melba Newell Phillips was an influential American physicist and physics educator known for her contributions to nuclear physics and for shaping modern physics education.
|
E854000
|
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: Melba Newell Phillips | Statement: [Millikan Medal, notableRecipient, Melba Newell Phillips]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melba Newell Phillips Context triple: [Millikan Medal, notableRecipient, Melba Newell Phillips]
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A.
Melba Helen Heath
Melba Helen Heath is the sister of American actress Dixie Carter, known for her role on the television series "Designing Women."
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B.
Lela Emogene Owens McMath
Lela Emogene Owens McMath was the mother of famed American actress and dancer Ginger Rogers.
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C.
Merle Dandridge
Merle Dandridge is an American actress and singer best known for her roles in television series such as "Greenleaf" and for originating the character Marlene in both the video game and TV adaptations of "The Last of Us."
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D.
Alice Jane McKey Holliday
Alice Jane McKey Holliday was the mother of famed American gambler and gunfighter Doc Holliday and a member of a prominent Southern family in the 19th century.
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E.
Melba
Melba is a residential suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, Australia, named after the famed Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba.
- 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: Melba Newell Phillips Triple: [Millikan Medal, notableRecipient, Melba Newell Phillips]
Generated description
Melba Newell Phillips was an influential American physicist and physics educator known for her contributions to nuclear physics and for shaping modern physics education.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melba Newell Phillips Target entity description: Melba Newell Phillips was an influential American physicist and physics educator known for her contributions to nuclear physics and for shaping modern physics education.
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A.
Melba Helen Heath
Melba Helen Heath is the sister of American actress Dixie Carter, known for her role on the television series "Designing Women."
-
B.
Lela Emogene Owens McMath
Lela Emogene Owens McMath was the mother of famed American actress and dancer Ginger Rogers.
-
C.
Merle Dandridge
Merle Dandridge is an American actress and singer best known for her roles in television series such as "Greenleaf" and for originating the character Marlene in both the video game and TV adaptations of "The Last of Us."
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D.
Alice Jane McKey Holliday
Alice Jane McKey Holliday was the mother of famed American gambler and gunfighter Doc Holliday and a member of a prominent Southern family in the 19th century.
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E.
Melba
Melba is a residential suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, Australia, named after the famed Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba.
- 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_69d381a7e198819090280d5ab885d59e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4d23d7300819095971560759cf456 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 9:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d6f7bf00c881909c1e494a9460c3ce |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d6fcab0bfc8190b47bc165ef3eb15d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d70fc3b15081908d1b67a7094c6210 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:32 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:28 a.m.