Triple

T1057840
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Archibald Wheeler E22836 entity
Predicate academicAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Karl Herzfeld
Karl Herzfeld was an Austrian-American physicist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics and acoustics, and for mentoring influential physicists such as John Archibald Wheeler.
E333540 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: Karl Herzfeld | Statement: [John Archibald Wheeler, academicAdvisor, Karl Herzfeld]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Herzfeld
Context triple: [John Archibald Wheeler, academicAdvisor, Karl Herzfeld]
  • A. Hans Wiegel
    Hans Wiegel is a prominent Dutch liberal politician who served as leader of the VVD and as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the late 20th century.
  • B. Gerhard Doerfer
    Gerhard Doerfer was a German linguist renowned for his critical work on Turkic and other Central Asian languages and for his influential rejection of the proposed Altaic language family.
  • C. Hermann Weingärtner
    Hermann Weingärtner was a German gymnast who became one of the most successful competitors at the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896, winning multiple medals across several events.
  • D. Ernst Göhner
    Ernst Göhner was a prominent Swiss entrepreneur and industrialist known for building a major construction and real estate empire and for his significant philanthropic legacy.
  • E. Theodor Jung
    Theodor Jung was an American photographer best known for his documentary work during the Great Depression as part of the Farm Security Administration’s historic photography project.
  • 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: Karl Herzfeld
Triple: [John Archibald Wheeler, academicAdvisor, Karl Herzfeld]
Generated description
Karl Herzfeld was an Austrian-American physicist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics and acoustics, and for mentoring influential physicists such as John Archibald Wheeler.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Herzfeld
Target entity description: Karl Herzfeld was an Austrian-American physicist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics and acoustics, and for mentoring influential physicists such as John Archibald Wheeler.
  • A. Hans Wiegel
    Hans Wiegel is a prominent Dutch liberal politician who served as leader of the VVD and as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the late 20th century.
  • B. Gerhard Doerfer
    Gerhard Doerfer was a German linguist renowned for his critical work on Turkic and other Central Asian languages and for his influential rejection of the proposed Altaic language family.
  • C. Hermann Weingärtner
    Hermann Weingärtner was a German gymnast who became one of the most successful competitors at the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896, winning multiple medals across several events.
  • D. Ernst Göhner
    Ernst Göhner was a prominent Swiss entrepreneur and industrialist known for building a major construction and real estate empire and for his significant philanthropic legacy.
  • E. Theodor Jung
    Theodor Jung was an American photographer best known for his documentary work during the Great Depression as part of the Farm Security Administration’s historic photography project.
  • 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_69a493dada0481909c43649f9843ea91 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b8dc9e8c819099fbb192bcf80615 completed March 1, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b234e0c7b081909dfd144ef2768e18 completed March 12, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b23634df448190b63f08b107511cb2 completed March 12, 2026, 3:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b236f6ca1c8190ad3ca4f329d1a5ae completed March 12, 2026, 3:45 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.