Triple
T1431547
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science |
E30456
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Dava Sobel
Dava Sobel is an American science writer and former New York Times science reporter best known for popular history-of-science books such as "Longitude" and "Galileo's Daughter."
|
E163752
|
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: Dava Sobel | Statement: [Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, notableRecipient, Dava Sobel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dava Sobel Context triple: [Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, notableRecipient, Dava Sobel]
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A.
Timothy Ferris
Timothy Ferris is an American science writer and journalist known for his popular books on astronomy and cosmology and for helping bring complex scientific ideas to a broad audience.
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B.
David L. Goodstein
David L. Goodstein is an American physicist and educator known for his work in condensed matter physics, science education, and authorship of popular science books.
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C.
Kai Bird
Kai Bird is an American historian, biographer, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for co-writing the J. Robert Oppenheimer biography "American Prometheus."
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D.
William Sanford Nye
William Sanford Nye is an American mechanical engineer, science educator, and television presenter best known for hosting the educational show "Bill Nye the Science Guy."
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E.
Stacy Schiff
Stacy Schiff is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American biographer and essayist known for acclaimed works on figures such as Cleopatra, Vera Nabokov, and the Salem witch trials.
- 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: Dava Sobel Triple: [Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, notableRecipient, Dava Sobel]
Generated description
Dava Sobel is an American science writer and former New York Times science reporter best known for popular history-of-science books such as "Longitude" and "Galileo's Daughter."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dava Sobel Target entity description: Dava Sobel is an American science writer and former New York Times science reporter best known for popular history-of-science books such as "Longitude" and "Galileo's Daughter."
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A.
Timothy Ferris
Timothy Ferris is an American science writer and journalist known for his popular books on astronomy and cosmology and for helping bring complex scientific ideas to a broad audience.
-
B.
David L. Goodstein
David L. Goodstein is an American physicist and educator known for his work in condensed matter physics, science education, and authorship of popular science books.
-
C.
Kai Bird
Kai Bird is an American historian, biographer, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for co-writing the J. Robert Oppenheimer biography "American Prometheus."
-
D.
William Sanford Nye
William Sanford Nye is an American mechanical engineer, science educator, and television presenter best known for hosting the educational show "Bill Nye the Science Guy."
-
E.
Stacy Schiff
Stacy Schiff is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American biographer and essayist known for acclaimed works on figures such as Cleopatra, Vera Nabokov, and the Salem witch trials.
- 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_69a498fc69ec8190b61722bd4b67c4d2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c4dc3e2081909ff951fe73db277b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad016bf2608190a675cbd42e474082 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad0294353081908e29735d1b83f2cc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad02f6bf288190bcb785762d14787c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.