Triple

T1057849
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Archibald Wheeler E22836 entity
Predicate student P7251 FINISHED
Object Charles Misner
Charles Misner is an American physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and cosmology, particularly as a co-author of the influential textbook "Gravitation."
 E179126 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: Charles Misner | Statement: [John Archibald Wheeler, student, Charles Misner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Misner
Context triple: [John Archibald Wheeler, student, Charles Misner]
  • A. Edward Condon
    Edward Condon was an American nuclear physicist and quantum mechanic known for major contributions to atomic spectroscopy and for co-formulating the Franck–Condon principle.
  • B. Howard P. Robertson
    Howard P. Robertson was an American mathematician and physicist known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology and the formulation of the Robertson–Walker metric used in modern cosmological models.
  • C. David L. Goodstein
    David L. Goodstein is an American physicist and educator known for his work in condensed matter physics, science education, and authorship of popular science books.
  • D. Stanley Corrsin
    Stanley Corrsin was a prominent American fluid dynamicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to the study of turbulence and mixing in fluid flows.
  • E. Nicholas Sagan
    Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • 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: Charles Misner
Triple: [John Archibald Wheeler, student, Charles Misner]
Generated description
Charles Misner is an American physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and cosmology, particularly as a co-author of the influential textbook "Gravitation."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Misner
Target entity description: Charles Misner is an American physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and cosmology, particularly as a co-author of the influential textbook "Gravitation."
  • A. Edward Condon
    Edward Condon was an American nuclear physicist and quantum mechanic known for major contributions to atomic spectroscopy and for co-formulating the Franck–Condon principle.
  • B. Howard P. Robertson
    Howard P. Robertson was an American mathematician and physicist known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology and the formulation of the Robertson–Walker metric used in modern cosmological models.
  • C. David L. Goodstein
    David L. Goodstein is an American physicist and educator known for his work in condensed matter physics, science education, and authorship of popular science books.
  • D. Stanley Corrsin
    Stanley Corrsin was a prominent American fluid dynamicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to the study of turbulence and mixing in fluid flows.
  • E. Nicholas Sagan
    Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • 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_69ad4001bcd4819088f59e31e3ed79cf completed March 8, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad4173cd4c8190be876a6e065d92f5 completed March 8, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad41d249cc8190a2f445410f8494ac completed March 8, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.