Triple
T10995401
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lester Germer |
E259851
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bell Labs electron diffraction research group |
E2027
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Bell Labs electron diffraction research group | Statement: [Lester Germer, associatedWith, Bell Labs electron diffraction research group]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bell Labs electron diffraction research group Context triple: [Lester Germer, associatedWith, Bell Labs electron diffraction research group]
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A.
Davisson–Germer experiment
The Davisson–Germer experiment was a landmark 1927 physics experiment that demonstrated the wave nature of electrons through diffraction from a nickel crystal, providing key evidence for quantum mechanics and wave–particle duality.
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B.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory was a leading World War II research center that pioneered radar and related microwave technologies, significantly advancing military and postwar electronics.
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C.
Radiation Laboratory
Radiation Laboratory was the original name of what is now Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a pioneering U.S. research center known for its groundbreaking work in nuclear and particle physics.
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D.
Cockcroft–Walton experiment
The Cockcroft–Walton experiment was a pioneering 1932 nuclear physics experiment that achieved the first artificial disintegration of atomic nuclei using accelerated protons, confirming Einstein’s mass–energy equivalence.
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E.
Bell Telephone Laboratories
chosen
Bell Telephone Laboratories was a pioneering American research and development organization renowned for groundbreaking innovations in telecommunications and electronics, including the invention of the transistor.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:24 p.m.