Triple
T1058279
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gibbs Medal |
E22846
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Josiah Willard Gibbs
Josiah Willard Gibbs was an American scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and physical chemistry.
|
E120298
|
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: Josiah Willard Gibbs | Statement: [Gibbs Medal, namedAfter, Josiah Willard Gibbs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Josiah Willard Gibbs Context triple: [Gibbs Medal, namedAfter, Josiah Willard Gibbs]
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A.
Irving Langmuir
Irving Langmuir was an American chemist and physicist renowned for his pioneering work in surface chemistry, for which he received the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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B.
Rudolf Clausius
Rudolf Clausius was a 19th-century German physicist and mathematician who was a founding figure of thermodynamics, best known for formulating the second law and introducing the concept of entropy.
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C.
Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Boltzmann was an Austrian physicist and one of the founders of statistical mechanics, whose work established the statistical nature of thermodynamics and the microscopic interpretation of entropy.
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D.
Percy W. Bridgman
Percy W. Bridgman was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in high-pressure physics and for developing the philosophical approach known as operationalism.
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E.
Robert H. Planck
Robert H. Planck was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
- 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: Josiah Willard Gibbs Triple: [Gibbs Medal, namedAfter, Josiah Willard Gibbs]
Generated description
Josiah Willard Gibbs was an American scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and physical chemistry.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Josiah Willard Gibbs Target entity description: Josiah Willard Gibbs was an American scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and physical chemistry.
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A.
Irving Langmuir
Irving Langmuir was an American chemist and physicist renowned for his pioneering work in surface chemistry, for which he received the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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B.
Rudolf Clausius
Rudolf Clausius was a 19th-century German physicist and mathematician who was a founding figure of thermodynamics, best known for formulating the second law and introducing the concept of entropy.
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C.
Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Boltzmann was an Austrian physicist and one of the founders of statistical mechanics, whose work established the statistical nature of thermodynamics and the microscopic interpretation of entropy.
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D.
Percy W. Bridgman
Percy W. Bridgman was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in high-pressure physics and for developing the philosophical approach known as operationalism.
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E.
Robert H. Planck
Robert H. Planck was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
- 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_69ac3bd3400c8190b84e88073f19beba |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac3ca9b5d88190816980f964f7e947 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:56 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac3d61a0c48190b619b3049df33512 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:59 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.