Triple

T11436295
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johannes Diderik van der Waals E271018 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object van der Waals
van der Waals is a Dutch surname most famously associated with physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, known for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids and for the concept of van der Waals forces.
 E926077 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: van der Waals | Statement: [Johannes Diderik van der Waals, familyName, van der Waals]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: van der Waals
Context triple: [Johannes Diderik van der Waals, familyName, van der Waals]
  • A. VAND
    VAND is the ICAO airport code assigned to Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport in India.
  • B. van Alphen
    Van Alphen is a Dutch surname associated with various notable individuals in fields such as science, literature, and public life.
  • C. VAN
    VAN is the standard abbreviation used for the Vancouver Canadians, a Minor League Baseball team based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • D. van Dam
    van Dam is a Dutch surname commonly associated with individuals of Dutch origin or ancestry.
  • E. van Riemsdijk
    Van Riemsdijk is a Dutch surname associated with several notable figures, including colonial administrators and scholars from the Netherlands.
  • 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: van der Waals
Triple: [Johannes Diderik van der Waals, familyName, van der Waals]
Generated description
van der Waals is a Dutch surname most famously associated with physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, known for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids and for the concept of van der Waals forces.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: van der Waals
Target entity description: van der Waals is a Dutch surname most famously associated with physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, known for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids and for the concept of van der Waals forces.
  • A. VAND
    VAND is the ICAO airport code assigned to Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport in India.
  • B. van Alphen
    Van Alphen is a Dutch surname associated with various notable individuals in fields such as science, literature, and public life.
  • C. VAN
    VAN is the standard abbreviation used for the Vancouver Canadians, a Minor League Baseball team based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • D. van Dam
    van Dam is a Dutch surname commonly associated with individuals of Dutch origin or ancestry.
  • E. van Riemsdijk
    Van Riemsdijk is a Dutch surname associated with several notable figures, including colonial administrators and scholars from the Netherlands.
  • 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d808855a7481909314f90ad92aae68 completed April 9, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5d38727fc8190b5daac83e03491e6 completed April 20, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5d5cac9108190b7756329bfa320d3 completed April 20, 2026, 7:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5d7f238cc8190a1c2dd26bdc5ff77 completed April 20, 2026, 7:38 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.