Triple

T11265374
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Electricity and Magnetism E266669 entity
Predicate seriesEditor P98819 FINISHED
Object Charles Kittel
Charles Kittel was an American physicist best known for his influential textbook "Introduction to Solid State Physics" and his contributions to the field of condensed matter physics.
E914955 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Charles Kittel | Statement: [Electricity and Magnetism, seriesEditor, Charles Kittel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Kittel
Context triple: [Electricity and Magnetism, seriesEditor, Charles Kittel]
  • A. Ernst Plischke
    Ernst Plischke was an Austrian-born modernist architect known for his functionalist designs and influential work in both Europe and New Zealand.
  • B. Philip Anderson
    Philip Anderson was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in condensed matter physics and the theory of localization.
  • C. Charles P. Slichter
    Charles P. Slichter was an American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
  • D. Herbert B. Callen
    Herbert B. Callen was an American physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, including work on the fluctuation–dissipation theorem and the influential textbook "Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics."
  • E. Walter H. Stockmayer
    Walter H. Stockmayer was an influential American physical chemist and polymer scientist known for his pioneering theoretical work on the structure and behavior of macromolecules.
  • 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: Charles Kittel
Triple: [Electricity and Magnetism, seriesEditor, Charles Kittel]
Generated description
Charles Kittel was an American physicist best known for his influential textbook "Introduction to Solid State Physics" and his contributions to the field of condensed matter physics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Kittel
Target entity description: Charles Kittel was an American physicist best known for his influential textbook "Introduction to Solid State Physics" and his contributions to the field of condensed matter physics.
  • A. Ernst Plischke
    Ernst Plischke was an Austrian-born modernist architect known for his functionalist designs and influential work in both Europe and New Zealand.
  • B. Philip Anderson
    Philip Anderson was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in condensed matter physics and the theory of localization.
  • C. Charles P. Slichter
    Charles P. Slichter was an American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
  • D. Herbert B. Callen
    Herbert B. Callen was an American physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, including work on the fluctuation–dissipation theorem and the influential textbook "Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics."
  • E. Walter H. Stockmayer
    Walter H. Stockmayer was an influential American physical chemist and polymer scientist known for his pioneering theoretical work on the structure and behavior of macromolecules.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: seriesEditor
Context triple: [Electricity and Magnetism, seriesEditor, Charles Kittel]
  • A. seriesEditorPseudonym
    Indicates that the specified name is a pseudonym used by the editor of a series.
  • B. seriesAuthor
    Indicates that an entity is the author or primary creator of a series (such as a book, comic, or media series).
  • C. editedBy
    Indicates that one entity has revised, modified, or otherwise made editorial changes to another entity.
  • D. seriesBy
    Indicates that one entity is the creator, author, or originator of a series to which the other entity belongs.
  • E. literarySeriesPublisher
    Indicates the publishing company responsible for producing or releasing a given literary series.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69d6aac8c2f48190ad0596f1f89f0470 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e94e5e3c8190a31995d55d20d7ed completed April 9, 2026, 6 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e4ccc7fdc48190a84b8b584f67b464 completed April 19, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e4d9ed6a048190ae7476d44cee6a6e completed April 19, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4ddb1b4c8819087699bc73610c7f8 completed April 19, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d7879bc56c8190b2e8d2193f29de05 completed April 9, 2026, 11:03 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69d796cf74308190a5b29d0dd82954a2 completed April 9, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.