Triple
T1361568
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich |
E29107
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Heinrich Rohrer
Heinrich Rohrer was a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the scanning tunneling microscope, a breakthrough in nanotechnology and surface science.
|
E156931
|
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: Heinrich Rohrer | Statement: [École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich, notableAlumni, Heinrich Rohrer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Rohrer Context triple: [École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich, notableAlumni, Heinrich Rohrer]
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A.
Gerd Binnig
Gerd Binnig is a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the scanning tunneling microscope, a breakthrough in surface science and nanotechnology.
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B.
Wolfgang Paul
Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for developing the Paul trap for confining charged particles.
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C.
Klaus von Klitzing
Klaus von Klitzing is a German physicist best known for discovering the quantum Hall effect, for which he received the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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D.
Simon van der Meer
Simon van der Meer was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate whose innovations in particle accelerator technology were crucial to major discoveries in high-energy physics.
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E.
Walther Meissner
Walther Meissner was a German physicist best known for his pioneering work in superconductivity, particularly the discovery of the Meissner effect.
- 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: Heinrich Rohrer Triple: [École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich, notableAlumni, Heinrich Rohrer]
Generated description
Heinrich Rohrer was a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the scanning tunneling microscope, a breakthrough in nanotechnology and surface science.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Rohrer Target entity description: Heinrich Rohrer was a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the scanning tunneling microscope, a breakthrough in nanotechnology and surface science.
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A.
Gerd Binnig
Gerd Binnig is a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the scanning tunneling microscope, a breakthrough in surface science and nanotechnology.
-
B.
Wolfgang Paul
Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for developing the Paul trap for confining charged particles.
-
C.
Klaus von Klitzing
Klaus von Klitzing is a German physicist best known for discovering the quantum Hall effect, for which he received the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
-
D.
Simon van der Meer
Simon van der Meer was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate whose innovations in particle accelerator technology were crucial to major discoveries in high-energy physics.
-
E.
Walther Meissner
Walther Meissner was a German physicist best known for his pioneering work in superconductivity, particularly the discovery of the Meissner effect.
- 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_69a498d77abc8190913bf57e5f51d2c4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c2b2fb448190bef31375169b4666 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acce7449548190917277dbc715cde4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acd06d000481909f6d934e857236f0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:27 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acd17b8c508190812b241d7906992b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:57 p.m.