Triple

T17019254
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Landauer–Büttiker formalism E412901 entity
Predicate developedBy P73 FINISHED
Object Markus Büttiker
Markus Büttiker was a Swiss theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to mesoscopic physics and quantum transport theory.
E1245586 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: Markus Büttiker | Statement: [Landauer–Büttiker formalism, developedBy, Markus Büttiker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Markus Büttiker
Context triple: [Landauer–Büttiker formalism, developedBy, Markus Büttiker]
  • A. Markus Imhoof
    Markus Imhoof is a Swiss film director and screenwriter known for his socially and politically engaged cinema, including acclaimed works such as "The Boat Is Full" and the documentary "More Than Honey."
  • B. Bruno Wechner
    Bruno Wechner was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate who became the inaugural bishop of the Diocese of Feldkirch.
  • C. Urs Wüthrich
    Urs Wüthrich is a Swiss politician known for his role in cantonal government and contributions to education and cultural policy.
  • D. Paul Scherrer
    Paul Scherrer was a Swiss physicist known for his contributions to X-ray crystallography and nuclear physics, and for co-developing the Debye–Scherrer method.
  • E. Phaedon Avouris
    Phaedon Avouris is a Greek-American physicist and nanoscientist renowned for his pioneering research in carbon nanotubes, graphene, and nanoelectronics.
  • 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: Markus Büttiker
Triple: [Landauer–Büttiker formalism, developedBy, Markus Büttiker]
Generated description
Markus Büttiker was a Swiss theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to mesoscopic physics and quantum transport theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Markus Büttiker
Target entity description: Markus Büttiker was a Swiss theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to mesoscopic physics and quantum transport theory.
  • A. Markus Imhoof
    Markus Imhoof is a Swiss film director and screenwriter known for his socially and politically engaged cinema, including acclaimed works such as "The Boat Is Full" and the documentary "More Than Honey."
  • B. Bruno Wechner
    Bruno Wechner was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate who became the inaugural bishop of the Diocese of Feldkirch.
  • C. Urs Wüthrich
    Urs Wüthrich is a Swiss politician known for his role in cantonal government and contributions to education and cultural policy.
  • D. Paul Scherrer
    Paul Scherrer was a Swiss physicist known for his contributions to X-ray crystallography and nuclear physics, and for co-developing the Debye–Scherrer method.
  • E. Phaedon Avouris
    Phaedon Avouris is a Greek-American physicist and nanoscientist renowned for his pioneering research in carbon nanotubes, graphene, and nanoelectronics.
  • 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_69d886cc4170819093deddc7b8b4b6a7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d481a0988190a13d0928e0c7ebbf completed April 18, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a011b4d6cb881909b64b4368fd97fa9 completed May 10, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a011bc4617081908ad2d4c0d35fe98a completed May 10, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a011c76d5b88190b5cda571231f5c7e completed May 11, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.