Triple
T19906521
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | History of Strength of Materials |
E478431
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAuthor |
P4244
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Stephen Timoshenko |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Stephen Timoshenko | Statement: [History of Strength of Materials, hasNotableAuthor, Stephen Timoshenko]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Timoshenko Context triple: [History of Strength of Materials, hasNotableAuthor, Stephen Timoshenko]
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A.
Stephen Timoshenko
chosen
Stephen Timoshenko was a pioneering Ukrainian-American engineer and educator widely regarded as the father of modern engineering mechanics and strength of materials.
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B.
Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Timoshenko was a prominent Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union who played key roles in early World War II operations and in reforming the Red Army.
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C.
Hans Reissner
Hans Reissner was a German engineer and physicist known for his contributions to aerodynamics and general relativity, including work that led to the formulation of the Reissner–Nordström solution describing charged black holes.
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D.
Warner T. Koiter
Warner T. Koiter was a Dutch mechanical engineer and applied mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to the theory of elastic stability and shell structures.
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E.
August Föppl
August Föppl was a German engineer and physicist known for his influential work in applied mechanics and for authoring foundational textbooks that shaped modern structural and theoretical mechanics.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8e520682081909892916424699bd5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e65946916881909c3f52208c07aa64 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:50 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:52 p.m.