Triple

T1325916
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Daniel Kleppner E28325 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Thomas J. Greytak
Thomas J. Greytak is an American physicist known for his work in low-temperature physics and his long association with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 E302876 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: Thomas J. Greytak | Statement: [Daniel Kleppner, notableStudent, Thomas J. Greytak]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas J. Greytak
Context triple: [Daniel Kleppner, notableStudent, Thomas J. Greytak]
  • A. Thomas J. Biersteker
    Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
  • B. Timothy J. Roemer
    Timothy J. Roemer is an American politician and diplomat, a former U.S. congressman from Indiana who later served as U.S. Ambassador to India.
  • C. James A. Abrahamson
    James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
  • D. Robert J. Lovero
    Robert J. Lovero is an American politician who has served as the longtime mayor and civic leader of Berwyn, Illinois.
  • E. Alan M. Garber
    Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
  • 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: Thomas J. Greytak
Triple: [Daniel Kleppner, notableStudent, Thomas J. Greytak]
Generated description
Thomas J. Greytak is an American physicist known for his work in low-temperature physics and his long association with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas J. Greytak
Target entity description: Thomas J. Greytak is an American physicist known for his work in low-temperature physics and his long association with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • A. Thomas J. Biersteker
    Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
  • B. Timothy J. Roemer
    Timothy J. Roemer is an American politician and diplomat, a former U.S. congressman from Indiana who later served as U.S. Ambassador to India.
  • C. James A. Abrahamson
    James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
  • D. Robert J. Lovero
    Robert J. Lovero is an American politician who has served as the longtime mayor and civic leader of Berwyn, Illinois.
  • E. Alan M. Garber
    Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
  • 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.