Triple
T1470267
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Award |
E27118
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Carver A. Mead
Carver A. Mead is an American engineer and applied physicist renowned for pioneering work in microelectronics, VLSI design, and neuromorphic engineering.
|
E166923
|
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: Carver A. Mead | Statement: [IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Award, notableRecipient, Carver A. Mead]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carver A. Mead Context triple: [IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Award, notableRecipient, Carver A. Mead]
-
A.
Jack S. Kilby
Jack S. Kilby was an American electrical engineer and Nobel laureate best known for inventing the integrated circuit, a breakthrough that revolutionized modern electronics.
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B.
Jean Hoerni
Jean Hoerni was a Swiss-born physicist and engineer best known for inventing the planar process, a foundational technology that enabled the modern semiconductor and integrated circuit industry.
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C.
Nick Holonyak Jr.
Nick Holonyak Jr. was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED, earning him recognition as a pioneer in semiconductor lighting technology.
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D.
Robert N. Noyce
Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.
-
E.
Phaedon Avouris
Phaedon Avouris is a Greek-American physicist and nanoscientist renowned for his pioneering research in carbon nanotubes, graphene, and nanoelectronics.
- 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: Carver A. Mead Triple: [IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Award, notableRecipient, Carver A. Mead]
Generated description
Carver A. Mead is an American engineer and applied physicist renowned for pioneering work in microelectronics, VLSI design, and neuromorphic engineering.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carver A. Mead Target entity description: Carver A. Mead is an American engineer and applied physicist renowned for pioneering work in microelectronics, VLSI design, and neuromorphic engineering.
-
A.
Jack S. Kilby
Jack S. Kilby was an American electrical engineer and Nobel laureate best known for inventing the integrated circuit, a breakthrough that revolutionized modern electronics.
-
B.
Jean Hoerni
Jean Hoerni was a Swiss-born physicist and engineer best known for inventing the planar process, a foundational technology that enabled the modern semiconductor and integrated circuit industry.
-
C.
Nick Holonyak Jr.
Nick Holonyak Jr. was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED, earning him recognition as a pioneer in semiconductor lighting technology.
-
D.
Robert N. Noyce
Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.
-
E.
Phaedon Avouris
Phaedon Avouris is a Greek-American physicist and nanoscientist renowned for his pioneering research in carbon nanotubes, graphene, and nanoelectronics.
- 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_69a496d25d6881909dbd84f86d763992 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c5d9dd4c8190ba840a9255cd1293 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad0e805fa481908d6428a4e2fb4c4a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad0f0b145c8190b08af9a6a3325c23 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad0f9380648190b4db1b9c92f37831 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:01 p.m.