Triple

T20200869

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Acta Materialia Gold Medal	`E493212`	entity
Predicate	hasAwarded	`P2391`	FINISHED
Object	David J. Srolovitz	`—`	NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: David J. Srolovitz | Statement: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, David J. Srolovitz]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: David J. Srolovitz
Context triple: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, David J. Srolovitz]

A. Nigel Goldenfeld
Nigel Goldenfeld is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in statistical physics, complex systems, and fluid dynamics.
B. John W. Cahn
John W. Cahn was an influential American materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work in phase transformations and the thermodynamics of materials.
C. David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz is an American physicist known for his influential work in soft condensed matter physics, including colloids, emulsions, and microfluidics, and for his role as a professor at Harvard University.
D. Richard H. Landau
Richard H. Landau was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century crime and noir films as well as numerous television scripts.
E. Michael L. Coats
Michael L. Coats is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and later served as director of the Johnson Space Center.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: David J. Srolovitz
Target entity description: David J. Srolovitz is a prominent materials scientist known for his pioneering theoretical and computational work on microstructure evolution and materials behavior.

A. Nigel Goldenfeld
Nigel Goldenfeld is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in statistical physics, complex systems, and fluid dynamics.
B. John W. Cahn
John W. Cahn was an influential American materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work in phase transformations and the thermodynamics of materials.
C. David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz is an American physicist known for his influential work in soft condensed matter physics, including colloids, emulsions, and microfluidics, and for his role as a professor at Harvard University.
D. Richard H. Landau
Richard H. Landau was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century crime and noir films as well as numerous television scripts.
E. Michael L. Coats
Michael L. Coats is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and later served as director of the Johnson Space Center.
F. None of above. chosen

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_69da6269614c8190bb40475d9d477358`	completed	April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e66d8d01648190b1b3a6e03f0258d8`	completed	April 20, 2026, 6:16 p.m.

Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:37 p.m.