Triple
T2173890
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pippard nonlocal theory |
E48483
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
A. B. Pippard
A. B. Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his influential work in superconductivity and solid-state physics.
|
E243126
|
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: A. B. Pippard | Statement: [Pippard nonlocal theory, namedAfter, A. B. Pippard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A. B. Pippard Context triple: [Pippard nonlocal theory, namedAfter, A. B. Pippard]
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A.
Ralph Fowler
Ralph Fowler was a prominent British theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his influential work in statistical mechanics and quantum theory, as well as for mentoring leading physicists of the 20th century.
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B.
Nevill Mott
Nevill Mott was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, particularly in solids.
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C.
Edward M. Purcell
Edward M. Purcell was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which laid the foundation for technologies such as MRI.
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D.
Robert B. Leighton
Robert B. Leighton was an American experimental physicist and educator known for his contributions to cosmic-ray and infrared astronomy and for coauthoring the influential Feynman Lectures on Physics.
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E.
W. E. Windus
W. E. Windus was a British publisher best known as a co-founder of the London publishing house Chatto & Windus.
- 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: A. B. Pippard Triple: [Pippard nonlocal theory, namedAfter, A. B. Pippard]
Generated description
A. B. Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his influential work in superconductivity and solid-state physics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A. B. Pippard Target entity description: A. B. Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his influential work in superconductivity and solid-state physics.
-
A.
Ralph Fowler
Ralph Fowler was a prominent British theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his influential work in statistical mechanics and quantum theory, as well as for mentoring leading physicists of the 20th century.
-
B.
Nevill Mott
Nevill Mott was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, particularly in solids.
-
C.
Edward M. Purcell
Edward M. Purcell was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which laid the foundation for technologies such as MRI.
-
D.
Robert B. Leighton
Robert B. Leighton was an American experimental physicist and educator known for his contributions to cosmic-ray and infrared astronomy and for coauthoring the influential Feynman Lectures on Physics.
-
E.
W. E. Windus
W. E. Windus was a British publisher best known as a co-founder of the London publishing house Chatto & Windus.
- 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_69a88aa3faa48190995b233af6525815 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbecb97a48190834e3e536184bbd1 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5d9c61448190930777bcf2028882 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae5e1ea6108190b22ead618d620613 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae5ea7909c8190a93d87a5d07b84d4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.