Triple

T1193044
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Otto Frisch E25604 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Hans Thirring
Hans Thirring was an Austrian theoretical physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and quantum mechanics, including the Lense–Thirring frame-dragging effect.
E139105 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: Hans Thirring | Statement: [Otto Frisch, doctoralAdvisor, Hans Thirring]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hans Thirring
Context triple: [Otto Frisch, doctoralAdvisor, Hans Thirring]
  • A. Horst Kasner
    Horst Kasner was a German Protestant pastor best known as the father of former German chancellor Angela Merkel.
  • B. Kurt Symanzik
    Kurt Symanzik was a German theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum field theory and renormalization.
  • C. Walther Meissner
    Walther Meissner was a German physicist best known for his pioneering work in superconductivity, particularly the discovery of the Meissner effect.
  • D. Philipp Frank
    Philipp Frank was an Austrian physicist and philosopher best known as a leading member of the Vienna Circle and an influential proponent of logical positivism.
  • E. Victor F. Weisskopf
    Victor F. Weisskopf was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum electrodynamics, his leadership at CERN and MIT, and his influential role in science education and public advocacy.
  • 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: Hans Thirring
Triple: [Otto Frisch, doctoralAdvisor, Hans Thirring]
Generated description
Hans Thirring was an Austrian theoretical physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and quantum mechanics, including the Lense–Thirring frame-dragging effect.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hans Thirring
Target entity description: Hans Thirring was an Austrian theoretical physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and quantum mechanics, including the Lense–Thirring frame-dragging effect.
  • A. Horst Kasner
    Horst Kasner was a German Protestant pastor best known as the father of former German chancellor Angela Merkel.
  • B. Kurt Symanzik
    Kurt Symanzik was a German theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum field theory and renormalization.
  • C. Walther Meissner
    Walther Meissner was a German physicist best known for his pioneering work in superconductivity, particularly the discovery of the Meissner effect.
  • D. Philipp Frank
    Philipp Frank was an Austrian physicist and philosopher best known as a leading member of the Vienna Circle and an influential proponent of logical positivism.
  • E. Victor F. Weisskopf
    Victor F. Weisskopf was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum electrodynamics, his leadership at CERN and MIT, and his influential role in science education and public advocacy.
  • 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd761ef08190b431b80f326d1ab2 completed March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac83146f2881909e230bc9de28a76b completed March 7, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac837e06cc8190b0da34646fa78c0c completed March 7, 2026, 7:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac84309acc8190aac6c3c78246b352 completed March 7, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.