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]
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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.
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B.
Gardiner Colby
Gardiner Colby was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose support and influence led to Colby College bearing his name.
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C.
Isaac W. Scudder
Isaac W. Scudder was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.