Triple

T1253608
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject ASA Gold Medal E26932 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Allan D. Pierce
Allan D. Pierce is an American acoustical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to theoretical acoustics and authorship of the influential textbook "Acoustics: An Introduction to Its Physical Principles and Applications."
 E229419 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: Allan D. Pierce | Statement: [ASA Gold Medal, notableRecipient, Allan D. Pierce]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Allan D. Pierce
Context triple: [ASA Gold Medal, notableRecipient, Allan D. Pierce]
  • A. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • B. Robert T. Herres
    Robert T. Herres was a United States Air Force general who became the first Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a key leader in U.S. military space and strategic command operations.
  • C. Michael A. Elliott
    Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
  • D. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • E. Roger D. Branigin
    Roger D. Branigin was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 42nd governor of Indiana in the 1960s.
  • 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: Allan D. Pierce
Triple: [ASA Gold Medal, notableRecipient, Allan D. Pierce]
Generated description
Allan D. Pierce is an American acoustical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to theoretical acoustics and authorship of the influential textbook "Acoustics: An Introduction to Its Physical Principles and Applications."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Allan D. Pierce
Target entity description: Allan D. Pierce is an American acoustical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to theoretical acoustics and authorship of the influential textbook "Acoustics: An Introduction to Its Physical Principles and Applications."
  • A. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • B. Robert T. Herres
    Robert T. Herres was a United States Air Force general who became the first Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a key leader in U.S. military space and strategic command operations.
  • C. Michael A. Elliott
    Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
  • D. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • E. Roger D. Branigin
    Roger D. Branigin was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 42nd governor of Indiana in the 1960s.
  • 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_69a49487a9c48190ba9b05348fd1b53f completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bfa407a0819099399799a416152e completed March 1, 2026, 10:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae1fa73fe8819097bcd6c07793bc52 completed March 9, 2026, 1:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae20efd4dc8190addf69c80a33d247 completed March 9, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae21b4ce248190bbd7542592db0ec4 completed March 9, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.