Triple

T1325906
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Daniel Kleppner E28325 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Robert J. Kolenkow
Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
E302875 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: Robert J. Kolenkow | Statement: [Daniel Kleppner, coAuthor, Robert J. Kolenkow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert J. Kolenkow
Context triple: [Daniel Kleppner, coAuthor, Robert J. Kolenkow]
  • A. Richard H. Kline
    Richard H. Kline was an American cinematographer known for his work on major Hollywood films from the 1960s through the 1980s, including visually ambitious projects like the 1976 remake of King Kong.
  • B. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • C. Milburn G. Apt
    Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
  • D. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • E. George R. Vierno
    George R. Vierno is a former New York City correction official best known for his leadership role within the city’s Department of Correction, for which a Rikers Island jail facility was named in his honor.
  • 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: Robert J. Kolenkow
Triple: [Daniel Kleppner, coAuthor, Robert J. Kolenkow]
Generated description
Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert J. Kolenkow
Target entity description: Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
  • A. Richard H. Kline
    Richard H. Kline was an American cinematographer known for his work on major Hollywood films from the 1960s through the 1980s, including visually ambitious projects like the 1976 remake of King Kong.
  • B. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • C. Milburn G. Apt
    Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
  • D. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • E. George R. Vierno
    George R. Vierno is a former New York City correction official best known for his leadership role within the city’s Department of Correction, for which a Rikers Island jail facility was named in his honor.
  • 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_69a498540a2481909e807a762280d3ba completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c19fd2648190932a85eacb3e7ec4 completed March 1, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afe849ea708190be6393a21fd6da33 completed March 10, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afe948ba148190a88126df32f16be2 completed March 10, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0018170908190976f849380841b17 completed March 10, 2026, 11:33 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.