Triple
T2069307
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dennis Sciama |
E45978
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Ellis
George Ellis is a South African cosmologist renowned for his work on general relativity and the large-scale structure of the universe, as well as for his collaborations with Stephen Hawking.
|
E235724
|
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: George Ellis | Statement: [Dennis Sciama, notableStudent, George Ellis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Ellis Context triple: [Dennis Sciama, notableStudent, George Ellis]
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A.
George Ellis
George Ellis was a figure significant enough in local or regional history that the city of Ellis, Kansas, was named in his honor, likely for his contributions to the area's development or founding.
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B.
Dennis Sciama
Dennis Sciama was a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a key role in developing modern cosmology and mentoring a generation of leading physicists.
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C.
John D. Barrow
John D. Barrow was a British cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and popular science author known for his influential work on the anthropic principle and the mathematical structure of the universe.
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D.
James Peebles
James Peebles is a Canadian-American physicist and cosmologist renowned for his pioneering work on the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the universe, for which he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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E.
Martin Rees
Martin Rees is a prominent British cosmologist and astrophysicist who has served as Astronomer Royal and made influential contributions to our understanding of galaxies, black holes, and the large-scale structure of the universe.
- 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: George Ellis Triple: [Dennis Sciama, notableStudent, George Ellis]
Generated description
George Ellis is a South African cosmologist renowned for his work on general relativity and the large-scale structure of the universe, as well as for his collaborations with Stephen Hawking.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Ellis Target entity description: George Ellis is a South African cosmologist renowned for his work on general relativity and the large-scale structure of the universe, as well as for his collaborations with Stephen Hawking.
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A.
George Ellis
George Ellis was a figure significant enough in local or regional history that the city of Ellis, Kansas, was named in his honor, likely for his contributions to the area's development or founding.
-
B.
Dennis Sciama
Dennis Sciama was a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a key role in developing modern cosmology and mentoring a generation of leading physicists.
-
C.
John D. Barrow
John D. Barrow was a British cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and popular science author known for his influential work on the anthropic principle and the mathematical structure of the universe.
-
D.
James Peebles
James Peebles is a Canadian-American physicist and cosmologist renowned for his pioneering work on the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the universe, for which he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
-
E.
Martin Rees
Martin Rees is a prominent British cosmologist and astrophysicist who has served as Astronomer Royal and made influential contributions to our understanding of galaxies, black holes, and the large-scale structure of the universe.
- 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_69a8891b38288190abd572ccad9b6928 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb9f51a008190aead0173a9289204 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:39 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5184b7d8819095693cea73e54ff1 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae51d6789481908b54571f73876e63 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:51 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae526dd8608190baefb3101884c83f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.