Triple
T16807238
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Balmer series of hydrogen |
E408510
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveredBy |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Johann Balmer |
E1234872
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Johann Balmer | Statement: [Balmer series of hydrogen, discoveredBy, Johann Balmer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Balmer Context triple: [Balmer series of hydrogen, discoveredBy, Johann Balmer]
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A.
Johann Balmer
chosen
Johann Balmer was a Swiss mathematician best known for formulating an empirical formula that accurately described the visible spectral lines of hydrogen, now called the Balmer series.
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B.
Johannes Rydberg
Johannes Rydberg was a Swedish physicist best known for formulating the Rydberg formula, which accurately predicts the wavelengths of spectral lines of many chemical elements.
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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.
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D.
Norman Lockyer
Norman Lockyer was a British astronomer and science communicator best known for co-discovering the element helium in the solar spectrum and for founding the journal Nature.
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E.
Jules Janssen
Jules Janssen was a 19th-century French astronomer renowned for his pioneering work in solar spectroscopy and the discovery of helium in the Sun’s spectrum.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d88393905081908d00a86b99996ac8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3b2cd1e8c8190a7a05ba255f711c7 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00bb0dce448190b20ca3d60d9fc475 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:22 a.m.