Triple
T1564864
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ives–Stilwell experiment |
E33408
|
entity |
| Predicate | performedBy |
P1363
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Herbert E. Ives
Herbert E. Ives was an American physicist and engineer known for his pioneering work in optics, television, and experimental tests of special relativity.
|
E260635
|
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: Herbert E. Ives | Statement: [Ives–Stilwell experiment, performedBy, Herbert E. Ives]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert E. Ives Context triple: [Ives–Stilwell experiment, performedBy, Herbert E. Ives]
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A.
Edwin Blashfield
Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
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B.
Harold Hazen
Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
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C.
Alfred P. Boller
Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Ralph B. Lloyd
Ralph B. Lloyd was an American oilman and real estate developer whose investments and land holdings played a major role in shaping urban districts in the western United States.
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E.
Samuel G. Fleisher
Samuel G. Fleisher was a Philadelphia philanthropist and arts patron known for supporting accessible art education and helping establish key contemporary art institutions in the city.
- 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: Herbert E. Ives Triple: [Ives–Stilwell experiment, performedBy, Herbert E. Ives]
Generated description
Herbert E. Ives was an American physicist and engineer known for his pioneering work in optics, television, and experimental tests of special relativity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert E. Ives Target entity description: Herbert E. Ives was an American physicist and engineer known for his pioneering work in optics, television, and experimental tests of special relativity.
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A.
Edwin Blashfield
Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
-
B.
Harold Hazen
Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
-
C.
Alfred P. Boller
Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Ralph B. Lloyd
Ralph B. Lloyd was an American oilman and real estate developer whose investments and land holdings played a major role in shaping urban districts in the western United States.
-
E.
Samuel G. Fleisher
Samuel G. Fleisher was a Philadelphia philanthropist and arts patron known for supporting accessible art education and helping establish key contemporary art institutions in the city.
- 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_69a885f11b048190935025a035302715 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa621242188190a7e1deeada7688d8 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aea82cd9748190ac82c7221455b2d5 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 10:59 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aeab510c908190b5c53ce49d18b880 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aeac08f5248190893b5d378fde2836 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.