Triple

T15744085
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Theodore Lyman E381674 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Theodore Lyman
Theodore Lyman was an American physicist and spectroscopist known for his pioneering work on the ultraviolet spectrum of hydrogen, leading to the identification of the Lyman series.
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 | Statement: [Theodore Lyman, name, Theodore Lyman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Lyman
Context triple: [Theodore Lyman, name, Theodore Lyman]
  • 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. Theodore Lyman III
    Theodore Lyman III was an American physicist best known for discovering the Lyman series of ultraviolet spectral lines of hydrogen.
  • C. Isaac W. Scudder
    Isaac W. Scudder was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
  • D. Henry Kitteridge
    Henry Kitteridge is the gentle, patient pharmacist husband of the blunt and complex title character in Elizabeth Strout’s novel "Olive Kitteridge."
  • E. James R. Osgood
    James R. Osgood was a prominent 19th-century American publisher known for his influential role in the Boston literary scene and for publishing works by major authors of his time.
  • 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
Triple: [Theodore Lyman, name, Theodore Lyman]
Generated description
Theodore Lyman was an American physicist and spectroscopist known for his pioneering work on the ultraviolet spectrum of hydrogen, leading to the identification of the Lyman series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Lyman
Target entity description: Theodore Lyman was an American physicist and spectroscopist known for his pioneering work on the ultraviolet spectrum of hydrogen, leading to the identification of the Lyman series.
  • 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. Theodore Lyman III chosen
    Theodore Lyman III was an American physicist best known for discovering the Lyman series of ultraviolet spectral lines of hydrogen.
  • C. Isaac W. Scudder
    Isaac W. Scudder was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
  • D. Henry Kitteridge
    Henry Kitteridge is the gentle, patient pharmacist husband of the blunt and complex title character in Elizabeth Strout’s novel "Olive Kitteridge."
  • E. James R. Osgood
    James R. Osgood was a prominent 19th-century American publisher known for his influential role in the Boston literary scene and for publishing works by major authors of his time.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ffa9341a0c81909057dc338f218b85 completed May 9, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffaa3903408190b7beaa6b461bd2bd completed May 9, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffab0c79d4819085f0ed6a4edcb7fb completed May 9, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.