Triple

T13527357
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject ensemble interpretation E323046 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Leslie E. Ballentine
Leslie E. Ballentine is a Canadian physicist and philosopher of physics best known for his influential advocacy and formal development of the ensemble (statistical) interpretation of quantum mechanics.
E1232026 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: Leslie E. Ballentine | Statement: [ensemble interpretation, associatedWith, Leslie E. Ballentine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leslie E. Ballentine
Context triple: [ensemble interpretation, associatedWith, Leslie E. Ballentine]
  • A. Leslie R. Caldwell
    Leslie R. Caldwell is an American lawyer and former high-ranking U.S. Department of Justice official known for leading major federal criminal enforcement efforts.
  • B. Barry K. Carpenter
    Barry K. Carpenter is a theoretical and physical chemist known for his work on reaction mechanisms and potential energy surfaces in organic and organometallic chemistry.
  • C. Leslie R. Tower
    Leslie R. Tower was the Boeing test pilot who conducted the maiden flight of the prototype that evolved into the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
  • D. Douglas L. Meyer
    Douglas L. Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the hit 2001 Broadway musical "The Producers."
  • E. Stephen K. Robinson
    Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
  • 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: Leslie E. Ballentine
Triple: [ensemble interpretation, associatedWith, Leslie E. Ballentine]
Generated description
Leslie E. Ballentine is a Canadian physicist and philosopher of physics best known for his influential advocacy and formal development of the ensemble (statistical) interpretation of quantum mechanics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leslie E. Ballentine
Target entity description: Leslie E. Ballentine is a Canadian physicist and philosopher of physics best known for his influential advocacy and formal development of the ensemble (statistical) interpretation of quantum mechanics.
  • A. Leslie R. Caldwell
    Leslie R. Caldwell is an American lawyer and former high-ranking U.S. Department of Justice official known for leading major federal criminal enforcement efforts.
  • B. Barry K. Carpenter
    Barry K. Carpenter is a theoretical and physical chemist known for his work on reaction mechanisms and potential energy surfaces in organic and organometallic chemistry.
  • C. Leslie R. Tower
    Leslie R. Tower was the Boeing test pilot who conducted the maiden flight of the prototype that evolved into the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
  • D. Douglas L. Meyer
    Douglas L. Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the hit 2001 Broadway musical "The Producers."
  • E. Stephen K. Robinson
    Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
  • 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_69d80766a21881909f21a1b7421d3b8a completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbafb8e0cc8190b47f6aeb8ced470e completed April 12, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00a4fffa7c81909bcc833b44ddf66f completed May 10, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00a5c4e934819088db49d81be154c3 completed May 10, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00a6b84d288190aeccb06745146b80 completed May 10, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:44 p.m.