Triple

T1512564
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Percy W. Bridgman E32045 entity
Predicate doctoralStudent P167 FINISHED
Object John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics and the theory of magnetism in solids.
E172167 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: John Hasbrouck Van Vleck | Statement: [Percy W. Bridgman, doctoralStudent, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
Context triple: [Percy W. Bridgman, doctoralStudent, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck]
  • A. Edward M. Purcell
    Edward M. Purcell was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which laid the foundation for technologies such as MRI.
  • B. William A. Bardeen
    William A. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in quantum field theory and particle physics, particularly in the study of anomalies.
  • C. Charles P. Slichter
    Charles P. Slichter was an American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
  • D. Lee A. DuBridge
    Lee A. DuBridge was an American physicist and influential science administrator who served as president of Caltech and later as the chief science advisor to U.S. President Richard Nixon.
  • E. I. I. Rabi
    I. I. Rabi was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and contributions to quantum physics.
  • 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: John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
Triple: [Percy W. Bridgman, doctoralStudent, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck]
Generated description
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics and the theory of magnetism in solids.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
Target entity description: John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics and the theory of magnetism in solids.
  • A. Edward M. Purcell
    Edward M. Purcell was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which laid the foundation for technologies such as MRI.
  • B. William A. Bardeen
    William A. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in quantum field theory and particle physics, particularly in the study of anomalies.
  • C. Charles P. Slichter
    Charles P. Slichter was an American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
  • D. Lee A. DuBridge
    Lee A. DuBridge was an American physicist and influential science administrator who served as president of Caltech and later as the chief science advisor to U.S. President Richard Nixon.
  • E. I. I. Rabi
    I. I. Rabi was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and contributions to quantum physics.
  • 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_69a885e8caf88190a5fbb6159ce87786 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a907d7cbf48190be40590a7f9fa1de completed March 5, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad23409fd481909834aaf0dc4641f6 completed March 8, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad23b8d570819099b953c7a60e9445 completed March 8, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad248193ec8190b0c08ef979661af0 completed March 8, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.