Triple

T15301780
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David D. Friedman E365805 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Edward Purcell
Edward 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.
E1149258 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: Edward Purcell | Statement: [David D. Friedman, doctoralAdvisor, Edward Purcell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Purcell
Context triple: [David D. Friedman, doctoralAdvisor, Edward Purcell]
  • A. Gordon Jacob
    Gordon Jacob was a 20th-century English composer and orchestrator known for his wind band works, film scores, and ceremonial music for major state occasions.
  • B. William Walton
    William Walton was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his orchestral works, film scores, and ceremonial music.
  • C. William Theodore Walton III
    William Theodore Walton III is an American former professional basketball player and Hall of Famer known for his standout college career at UCLA and his NBA success with the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics, as well as his later work as a sports broadcaster.
  • D. Sir David Valentine Willcocks
    Sir David Valentine Willcocks was a renowned British choral conductor, organist, composer, and former Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge, celebrated especially for his influential Christmas carol arrangements and recordings.
  • E. Edmund Rubbra
    Edmund Rubbra was a 20th-century English composer best known for his symphonies and sacred choral music.
  • 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: Edward Purcell
Triple: [David D. Friedman, doctoralAdvisor, Edward Purcell]
Generated description
Edward 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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Purcell
Target entity description: Edward 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.
  • A. Gordon Jacob
    Gordon Jacob was a 20th-century English composer and orchestrator known for his wind band works, film scores, and ceremonial music for major state occasions.
  • B. William Walton
    William Walton was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his orchestral works, film scores, and ceremonial music.
  • C. William Theodore Walton III
    William Theodore Walton III is an American former professional basketball player and Hall of Famer known for his standout college career at UCLA and his NBA success with the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics, as well as his later work as a sports broadcaster.
  • D. Sir David Valentine Willcocks
    Sir David Valentine Willcocks was a renowned British choral conductor, organist, composer, and former Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge, celebrated especially for his influential Christmas carol arrangements and recordings.
  • E. Edmund Rubbra
    Edmund Rubbra was a 20th-century English composer best known for his symphonies and sacred choral music.
  • 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_69d85a113ee881908e297a1d38dd79fa completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0368869f8819098cf9e7801e37548 completed April 16, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69feef8513a08190b2d2a7dde85dd43d completed May 9, 2026, 8:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fef23de4688190beeb59ef43891e3d completed May 9, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fef2d8fe04819084bb3deb6859d746 completed May 9, 2026, 8:39 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:15 a.m.