Triple
T16754970
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Karl Guthe Jansky |
E407184
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Karl Eugen Jansky
Karl Eugen Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer whose discovery of radio waves from the Milky Way laid the foundations of radio astronomy.
|
E407184
|
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: Karl Eugen Jansky | Statement: [Karl Guthe Jansky, father, Karl Eugen Jansky]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Eugen Jansky Context triple: [Karl Guthe Jansky, father, Karl Eugen Jansky]
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A.
Karl Guthe Jansky
Karl Guthe Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer who pioneered radio astronomy by discovering radio waves emanating from the Milky Way.
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B.
Grote Reber
Grote Reber was an American radio engineer and pioneering radio astronomer who built the first purpose-built radio telescope and helped establish radio astronomy as a scientific field.
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C.
Harold Weiss
Harold Weiss is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, and without additional context it does not refer to a single widely recognized public figure.
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D.
Johann Kraus
Johann Kraus is a disembodied ectoplasmic medium and paranormal investigator in the Hellboy universe, known for his work with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.
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E.
Thomas Graham Kahn
Thomas Graham Kahn is a member of the Kahn family associated with renowned value investor Irving Kahn.
- 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: Karl Eugen Jansky Triple: [Karl Guthe Jansky, father, Karl Eugen Jansky]
Generated description
Karl Eugen Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer whose discovery of radio waves from the Milky Way laid the foundations of radio astronomy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Eugen Jansky Target entity description: Karl Eugen Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer whose discovery of radio waves from the Milky Way laid the foundations of radio astronomy.
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A.
Karl Guthe Jansky
chosen
Karl Guthe Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer who pioneered radio astronomy by discovering radio waves emanating from the Milky Way.
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B.
Grote Reber
Grote Reber was an American radio engineer and pioneering radio astronomer who built the first purpose-built radio telescope and helped establish radio astronomy as a scientific field.
-
C.
Harold Weiss
Harold Weiss is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, and without additional context it does not refer to a single widely recognized public figure.
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D.
Johann Kraus
Johann Kraus is a disembodied ectoplasmic medium and paranormal investigator in the Hellboy universe, known for his work with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.
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E.
Thomas Graham Kahn
Thomas Graham Kahn is a member of the Kahn family associated with renowned value investor Irving Kahn.
- 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_69d8839174188190909f190097207065 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3abe6b68c8190a5e2a11973f01b8e |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00aaf588bc8190adcc512eaa8d91e8 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00ac0e10648190803bf962a4677104 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00acc3a9dc819087e07e539760bf34 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:21 a.m.