Triple

T1798875
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jan Tinbergen E39667 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Paul Ehrenfest
Paul Ehrenfest was an Austrian-Dutch theoretical physicist known for his influential work in statistical mechanics and quantum theory and for his role as a prominent mentor in early 20th-century physics.
E200960 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: Paul Ehrenfest | Statement: [Jan Tinbergen, doctoralAdvisor, Paul Ehrenfest]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Ehrenfest
Context triple: [Jan Tinbergen, doctoralAdvisor, Paul Ehrenfest]
  • A. Arnold Sommerfeld
    Arnold Sommerfeld was a pioneering German theoretical physicist whose work in atomic and quantum theory significantly shaped modern physics and influenced generations of prominent scientists.
  • B. Pascual Jordan
    Pascual Jordan was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, particularly through his work on matrix mechanics and canonical quantization.
  • C. Oskar Klein
    Oskar Klein was a Swedish theoretical physicist best known for the Kaluza–Klein theory, which attempted to unify gravity and electromagnetism through extra spatial dimensions.
  • D. Gustav Hertz
    Gustav Hertz was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for the Franck–Hertz experiment, which provided key evidence for the quantization of energy levels in atoms.
  • E. Philipp Frank
    Philipp Frank was an Austrian physicist and philosopher best known as a leading member of the Vienna Circle and an influential proponent of logical positivism.
  • 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: Paul Ehrenfest
Triple: [Jan Tinbergen, doctoralAdvisor, Paul Ehrenfest]
Generated description
Paul Ehrenfest was an Austrian-Dutch theoretical physicist known for his influential work in statistical mechanics and quantum theory and for his role as a prominent mentor in early 20th-century physics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Ehrenfest
Target entity description: Paul Ehrenfest was an Austrian-Dutch theoretical physicist known for his influential work in statistical mechanics and quantum theory and for his role as a prominent mentor in early 20th-century physics.
  • A. Arnold Sommerfeld
    Arnold Sommerfeld was a pioneering German theoretical physicist whose work in atomic and quantum theory significantly shaped modern physics and influenced generations of prominent scientists.
  • B. Pascual Jordan
    Pascual Jordan was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, particularly through his work on matrix mechanics and canonical quantization.
  • C. Oskar Klein
    Oskar Klein was a Swedish theoretical physicist best known for the Kaluza–Klein theory, which attempted to unify gravity and electromagnetism through extra spatial dimensions.
  • D. Gustav Hertz
    Gustav Hertz was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for the Franck–Hertz experiment, which provided key evidence for the quantization of energy levels in atoms.
  • E. Philipp Frank
    Philipp Frank was an Austrian physicist and philosopher best known as a leading member of the Vienna Circle and an influential proponent of logical positivism.
  • 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_69a88632aa588190ba3978fde0db5bbd completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa6568373c81908044e0cd8a38344d completed March 6, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adb5d8da888190a88f3bd8036e19f4 completed March 8, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adb69c149081908b5b819c068a1ce2 completed March 8, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adb8be528c819092a5e22b099fc2a0 completed March 8, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.