Triple

T11053850
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shields parameter E261323 entity
Predicate introducedBy P513 FINISHED
Object Albert F. Shields
Albert F. Shields was a mathematician known for introducing the Shields parameter, a key dimensionless quantity in sediment transport and fluid mechanics.
 E1198873 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: Albert F. Shields | Statement: [Shields parameter, introducedBy, Albert F. Shields]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Albert F. Shields
Context triple: [Shields parameter, introducedBy, Albert F. Shields]
  • A. William A. Rutherford
    William A. Rutherford was a landscape designer known for shaping the grounds of major cultural sites such as the Storm King Art Center.
  • B. William G. Livesay
    William G. Livesay was a U.S. Army officer who served as a notable commander of the 3rd Infantry Division.
  • C. Benjamin L. Willard
    Benjamin L. Willard is the troubled U.S. Army officer and central protagonist of the film "Apocalypse Now," tasked with a covert mission into Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
  • D. Edwin B. Willis
    Edwin B. Willis was an American art director and set decorator renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly at MGM.
  • E. Arthur B. Sleigh
    Arthur B. Sleigh was a 19th-century British Army officer and journalist best known for establishing the influential London newspaper that became The Daily Telegraph.
  • 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: Albert F. Shields
Triple: [Shields parameter, introducedBy, Albert F. Shields]
Generated description
Albert F. Shields was a mathematician known for introducing the Shields parameter, a key dimensionless quantity in sediment transport and fluid mechanics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Albert F. Shields
Target entity description: Albert F. Shields was a mathematician known for introducing the Shields parameter, a key dimensionless quantity in sediment transport and fluid mechanics.
  • A. William A. Rutherford
    William A. Rutherford was a landscape designer known for shaping the grounds of major cultural sites such as the Storm King Art Center.
  • B. William G. Livesay
    William G. Livesay was a U.S. Army officer who served as a notable commander of the 3rd Infantry Division.
  • C. Benjamin L. Willard
    Benjamin L. Willard is the troubled U.S. Army officer and central protagonist of the film "Apocalypse Now," tasked with a covert mission into Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
  • D. Edwin B. Willis
    Edwin B. Willis was an American art director and set decorator renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly at MGM.
  • E. Arthur B. Sleigh
    Arthur B. Sleigh was a 19th-century British Army officer and journalist best known for establishing the influential London newspaper that became The Daily Telegraph.
  • 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_69d6aa98650481908609c7c56bfa7902 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7986d49e0819096c9e96b2ea1b38b completed April 9, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fffee0ff948190911c02f6e50ea2bc completed May 10, 2026, 3:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00007647a08190bff12da75c4a3c02 completed May 10, 2026, 3:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0000e385bc819080e63ced564fe77b completed May 10, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:26 p.m.