Triple
T10995365
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lester Germer |
E259851
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entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Lester Halbert Germer
Lester Halbert Germer was an American physicist best known for co-discovering electron diffraction in the Davisson–Germer experiment, which confirmed the wave nature of electrons.
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E898730
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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: Lester Halbert Germer | Statement: [Lester Germer, name, Lester Halbert Germer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Halbert Germer Context triple: [Lester Germer, name, Lester Halbert Germer]
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A.
Murray Feshbach
Murray Feshbach was an American demographer and scholar known for his pioneering research on Soviet and Russian population, public health, and environmental issues.
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B.
Herman Feshbach
Herman Feshbach was an influential American theoretical physicist known for his work in nuclear physics and his long association with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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C.
John Plamenatz
John Plamenatz was a prominent 20th-century political philosopher, best known for his influential work on political obligation, liberalism, and the interpretation of classic political theorists.
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D.
Edward Levi
Edward Levi was an American legal scholar and former president of the University of Chicago who served as U.S. Attorney General, where he is credited with restoring integrity to the Justice Department after the Watergate scandal.
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E.
David Hirschfelder
David Hirschfelder is an Australian composer and musician best known for his acclaimed film scores and work on major international movies.
- 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: Lester Halbert Germer Triple: [Lester Germer, name, Lester Halbert Germer]
Generated description
Lester Halbert Germer was an American physicist best known for co-discovering electron diffraction in the Davisson–Germer experiment, which confirmed the wave nature of electrons.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Halbert Germer Target entity description: Lester Halbert Germer was an American physicist best known for co-discovering electron diffraction in the Davisson–Germer experiment, which confirmed the wave nature of electrons.
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A.
Murray Feshbach
Murray Feshbach was an American demographer and scholar known for his pioneering research on Soviet and Russian population, public health, and environmental issues.
-
B.
Herman Feshbach
Herman Feshbach was an influential American theoretical physicist known for his work in nuclear physics and his long association with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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C.
John Plamenatz
John Plamenatz was a prominent 20th-century political philosopher, best known for his influential work on political obligation, liberalism, and the interpretation of classic political theorists.
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D.
Edward Levi
Edward Levi was an American legal scholar and former president of the University of Chicago who served as U.S. Attorney General, where he is credited with restoring integrity to the Justice Department after the Watergate scandal.
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E.
David Hirschfelder
David Hirschfelder is an Australian composer and musician best known for his acclaimed film scores and work on major international movies.
- 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_69d6aa8a6a548190a750f944ccdc8064 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d795d59ebc8190baff1f50bdc46c1b |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e3452420c08190b9c91a9c8a807670 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e3556fd3548190a33f04604be947cf |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e3593b0f8481909ed7a90f8bb9839d |
completed | April 18, 2026, 10:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:24 p.m.