Triple

T21115226
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. C. Fields E520277 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Simon Newcomb — 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: Simon Newcomb | Statement: [J. C. Fields, doctoralAdvisor, Simon Newcomb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Simon Newcomb
Context triple: [J. C. Fields, doctoralAdvisor, Simon Newcomb]
  • A. Simon Newcomb chosen
    Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
  • B. George W. Hill
    George W. Hill is an American film director and cinematographer known for his work in early Hollywood cinema during the silent and early sound eras.
  • C. James Edward Keeler
    James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
  • D. Edward Charles Pickering
    Edward Charles Pickering was a pioneering American astronomer and longtime director of the Harvard College Observatory, known for his major contributions to stellar spectroscopy and the classification of stars.
  • E. George Willis Ritchey
    George Willis Ritchey was an American optician and telescope designer renowned for pioneering advanced reflecting telescope technologies in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69e0b509a318819092fbbcb21d1fe603 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e72105bd648190beecc636284397bd completed April 21, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:54 p.m.