Triple

T15744055
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Theodore Lyman III E381673 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Theodore Lyman III
Theodore Lyman III was an American physicist best known for discovering the Lyman series of ultraviolet spectral lines of hydrogen.
E1176412 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: Theodore Lyman III | Statement: [Theodore Lyman III, name, Theodore Lyman III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Lyman III
Context triple: [Theodore Lyman III, name, Theodore Lyman III]
  • A. Theodore Lyman III
    Theodore Lyman III was a 19th-century American politician, philanthropist, and mayor of Boston known for his civic reforms and support of social welfare initiatives.
  • B. Gardiner Colby
    Gardiner Colby was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose support and influence led to Colby College bearing his name.
  • C. Isaac W. Scudder
    Isaac W. Scudder was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
  • D. Winthrop Sargent
    Winthrop Sargent was an American politician and military officer who served in the early United States government, notably as a key territorial administrator on the expanding western frontier.
  • E. Abbott Lawrence Lowell
    Abbott Lawrence Lowell was an influential American educator and legal scholar who served as president of Harvard University in the early 20th century, overseeing major reforms and expansion of the institution.
  • 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: Theodore Lyman III
Triple: [Theodore Lyman III, name, Theodore Lyman III]
Generated description
Theodore Lyman III was an American physicist best known for discovering the Lyman series of ultraviolet spectral lines of hydrogen.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Lyman III
Target entity description: Theodore Lyman III was an American physicist best known for discovering the Lyman series of ultraviolet spectral lines of hydrogen.
  • A. Theodore Lyman III
    Theodore Lyman III was a 19th-century American politician, philanthropist, and mayor of Boston known for his civic reforms and support of social welfare initiatives.
  • B. Gardiner Colby
    Gardiner Colby was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose support and influence led to Colby College bearing his name.
  • C. Isaac W. Scudder
    Isaac W. Scudder was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
  • D. Winthrop Sargent
    Winthrop Sargent was an American politician and military officer who served in the early United States government, notably as a key territorial administrator on the expanding western frontier.
  • E. Abbott Lawrence Lowell
    Abbott Lawrence Lowell was an influential American educator and legal scholar who served as president of Harvard University in the early 20th century, overseeing major reforms and expansion of the institution.
  • 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_69d86d9e6b44819085d1f6a969ecb74c completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0502c0c3c8190b8e512df307039c1 completed April 16, 2026, 2:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff9094b4008190bb5c65fa2bd0f0b5 completed May 9, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff92c07f60819089c3faeea98e329c completed May 9, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff9383ff1c81909e34995818a3c3f7 completed May 9, 2026, 8:05 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.