Triple

T10881168
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Peter Lax E256920 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Kurt O. Friedrichs
Kurt O. Friedrichs was a German-American mathematician renowned for his foundational work in partial differential equations and applied mathematics, and as an influential professor at New York University.
E890448 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: Kurt O. Friedrichs | Statement: [Peter Lax, doctoralAdvisor, Kurt O. Friedrichs]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kurt O. Friedrichs
Context triple: [Peter Lax, doctoralAdvisor, Kurt O. Friedrichs]
  • A. Helmut Weinert
    Helmut Weinert is a relatively obscure individual about whom no widely known public or historical information is readily available.
  • B. Kurt Symanzik
    Kurt Symanzik was a German theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum field theory and renormalization.
  • C. Pascual Jordan
    Pascual Jordan was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, particularly through his work on matrix mechanics and canonical quantization.
  • D. Victor F. Weisskopf
    Victor F. Weisskopf was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum electrodynamics, his leadership at CERN and MIT, and his influential role in science education and public advocacy.
  • E. Theodor Estermann
    Theodor Estermann was a German-British mathematician known for his contributions to analytic number theory and his work on the distribution of prime numbers.
  • 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: Kurt O. Friedrichs
Triple: [Peter Lax, doctoralAdvisor, Kurt O. Friedrichs]
Generated description
Kurt O. Friedrichs was a German-American mathematician renowned for his foundational work in partial differential equations and applied mathematics, and as an influential professor at New York University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kurt O. Friedrichs
Target entity description: Kurt O. Friedrichs was a German-American mathematician renowned for his foundational work in partial differential equations and applied mathematics, and as an influential professor at New York University.
  • A. Helmut Weinert
    Helmut Weinert is a relatively obscure individual about whom no widely known public or historical information is readily available.
  • B. Kurt Symanzik
    Kurt Symanzik was a German theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum field theory and renormalization.
  • C. Pascual Jordan
    Pascual Jordan was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, particularly through his work on matrix mechanics and canonical quantization.
  • D. Victor F. Weisskopf
    Victor F. Weisskopf was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum electrodynamics, his leadership at CERN and MIT, and his influential role in science education and public advocacy.
  • E. Theodor Estermann
    Theodor Estermann was a German-British mathematician known for his contributions to analytic number theory and his work on the distribution of prime numbers.
  • 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_69d6aa848804819081b2713ca0bedf06 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d751b031a88190b1182dfc1f520264 completed April 9, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69dff7e479cc81909fb8510364d6fc0e completed April 15, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e002709d38819099c4402d30824612 completed April 15, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e005873ba48190b8c24c77611562fa completed April 15, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:21 p.m.