Triple

T1091746
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Technical University of Munich E24177 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Gerhard Ertl
Gerhard Ertl is a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in surface chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis.
E127419 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: Gerhard Ertl | Statement: [Technical University of Munich, hasNotableAlumni, Gerhard Ertl]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerhard Ertl
Context triple: [Technical University of Munich, hasNotableAlumni, Gerhard Ertl]
  • A. George A. Olah
    George A. Olah was a Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his groundbreaking work on carbocations and superacids, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms.
  • B. John Polanyi
    John Polanyi is a Canadian chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics.
  • C. Jean-Marie Lehn
    Jean-Marie Lehn is a French chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as a founder of supramolecular chemistry for his pioneering work on molecular recognition and self-assembly.
  • D. Albert Eschenmoser
    Albert Eschenmoser is a Swiss organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of vitamin B12 and for fundamental contributions to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms and prebiotic chemistry.
  • E. Richard R. Schrock
    Richard R. Schrock is an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on olefin metathesis and organometallic chemistry.
  • 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: Gerhard Ertl
Triple: [Technical University of Munich, hasNotableAlumni, Gerhard Ertl]
Generated description
Gerhard Ertl is a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in surface chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerhard Ertl
Target entity description: Gerhard Ertl is a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in surface chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis.
  • A. George A. Olah
    George A. Olah was a Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his groundbreaking work on carbocations and superacids, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms.
  • B. John Polanyi
    John Polanyi is a Canadian chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics.
  • C. Jean-Marie Lehn
    Jean-Marie Lehn is a French chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as a founder of supramolecular chemistry for his pioneering work on molecular recognition and self-assembly.
  • D. Albert Eschenmoser
    Albert Eschenmoser is a Swiss organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of vitamin B12 and for fundamental contributions to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms and prebiotic chemistry.
  • E. Richard R. Schrock
    Richard R. Schrock is an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on olefin metathesis and organometallic chemistry.
  • 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_69a49404428c819092dcc9632f5f7b8b completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b982018481908b222df095e318c0 completed March 1, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac538cd45c8190bcab18ce4e281e72 completed March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac53f04ad081908f1536f17e65f633 completed March 7, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac54971fc88190b009a05180f10cf5 completed March 7, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.