Triple

T16589520
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stern–Gerlach Medal E403045 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Otto Stern
Otto Stern was a German physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in molecular beams and quantum physics, including the famous Stern–Gerlach experiment.
E1223197 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: Otto Stern | Statement: [Stern–Gerlach Medal, namedAfter, Otto Stern]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otto Stern
Context triple: [Stern–Gerlach Medal, namedAfter, Otto Stern]
  • A. Theodor Estermann
    Theodor Estermann was a German-British mathematician known for his contributions to analytic number theory and his work on the distribution of prime numbers.
  • B. James Franck
    James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.
  • C. Alfred Landé
    Alfred Landé was a German-American physicist best known for his work in quantum theory and atomic spectroscopy, including the introduction of the Landé g-factor.
  • D. Gustav Albin Weisskopf
    Gustav Albin Weisskopf, better known as Gustave Whitehead, was a German-American aviation pioneer controversially claimed by some to have achieved powered flight before the Wright brothers.
  • E. Walther Bothe
    Walther Bothe was a German nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate known for developing the coincidence method and making key contributions to quantum theory and cosmic ray research.
  • 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: Otto Stern
Triple: [Stern–Gerlach Medal, namedAfter, Otto Stern]
Generated description
Otto Stern was a German physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in molecular beams and quantum physics, including the famous Stern–Gerlach experiment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otto Stern
Target entity description: Otto Stern was a German physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in molecular beams and quantum physics, including the famous Stern–Gerlach experiment.
  • A. Theodor Estermann
    Theodor Estermann was a German-British mathematician known for his contributions to analytic number theory and his work on the distribution of prime numbers.
  • B. James Franck
    James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.
  • C. Alfred Landé
    Alfred Landé was a German-American physicist best known for his work in quantum theory and atomic spectroscopy, including the introduction of the Landé g-factor.
  • D. Gustav Albin Weisskopf
    Gustav Albin Weisskopf, better known as Gustave Whitehead, was a German-American aviation pioneer controversially claimed by some to have achieved powered flight before the Wright brothers.
  • E. Walther Bothe
    Walther Bothe was a German nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate known for developing the coincidence method and making key contributions to quantum theory and cosmic ray research.
  • 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_69d88387363c8190a97a0c942130de97 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3599f3d18819082b3e6eef5506731 completed April 18, 2026, 10:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a007599dcd4819089bbd0569b3d9a12 completed May 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0079bf50dc8190a20057ef8a738e1d completed May 10, 2026, 12:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a007a34b42081908a77a3913c40377f completed May 10, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.