Triple
T1091747
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Technical University of Munich |
E24177
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gerd Binnig
Gerd Binnig is a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the scanning tunneling microscope, a breakthrough in surface science and nanotechnology.
|
E126177
|
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: Gerd Binnig | Statement: [Technical University of Munich, hasNotableAlumni, Gerd Binnig]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerd Binnig Context triple: [Technical University of Munich, hasNotableAlumni, Gerd Binnig]
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A.
Ivar Giaever
Ivar Giaever is a Norwegian-American physicist and Nobel laureate recognized for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling in superconductors.
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B.
Norman Ramsey
Norman Ramsey was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the separated oscillatory field method, which enabled highly precise atomic clocks and advanced nuclear magnetic resonance techniques.
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C.
Simon van der Meer
Simon van der Meer was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate whose innovations in particle accelerator technology were crucial to major discoveries in high-energy physics.
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D.
Walther Meissner
Walther Meissner was a German physicist best known for his pioneering work in superconductivity, particularly the discovery of the Meissner effect.
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E.
William Shockley
William Shockley was an American physicist and co-inventor of the transistor whose work helped launch the field of solid-state electronics and earned him a share of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 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: Gerd Binnig Triple: [Technical University of Munich, hasNotableAlumni, Gerd Binnig]
Generated description
Gerd Binnig is a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the scanning tunneling microscope, a breakthrough in surface science and nanotechnology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerd Binnig Target entity description: Gerd Binnig is a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the scanning tunneling microscope, a breakthrough in surface science and nanotechnology.
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A.
Ivar Giaever
Ivar Giaever is a Norwegian-American physicist and Nobel laureate recognized for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling in superconductors.
-
B.
Norman Ramsey
Norman Ramsey was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the separated oscillatory field method, which enabled highly precise atomic clocks and advanced nuclear magnetic resonance techniques.
-
C.
Simon van der Meer
Simon van der Meer was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate whose innovations in particle accelerator technology were crucial to major discoveries in high-energy physics.
-
D.
Walther Meissner
Walther Meissner was a German physicist best known for his pioneering work in superconductivity, particularly the discovery of the Meissner effect.
-
E.
William Shockley
William Shockley was an American physicist and co-inventor of the transistor whose work helped launch the field of solid-state electronics and earned him a share of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 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_69ac4c2a20b48190b3a550f6e5ee13e1 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac4cae760881909329701561ad2ba6 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac4d7176808190b74d535d7e1b7c6a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:08 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.