Triple
T225831
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Humboldt University of Berlin |
E4311
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walther Nernst
Walther Nernst was a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for formulating the Nernst equation and contributing fundamentally to thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
|
E34696
|
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: Walther Nernst | Statement: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Walther Nernst]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walther Nernst Context triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Walther Nernst]
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A.
Max Planck
Max Planck was a German theoretical physicist regarded as the founder of quantum theory and a key figure in modern physics.
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B.
Emil Fischer
Emil Fischer was a pioneering German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational work on the chemistry of sugars, purines, and proteins.
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C.
Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Boltzmann was an Austrian physicist and one of the founders of statistical mechanics, whose work established the statistical nature of thermodynamics and the microscopic interpretation of entropy.
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D.
Gustav Kirchhoff
Gustav Kirchhoff was a 19th-century German physicist best known for formulating Kirchhoff's circuit laws and making foundational contributions to spectroscopy and thermal radiation.
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E.
James Franck
James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.
- 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: Walther Nernst Triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Walther Nernst]
Generated description
Walther Nernst was a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for formulating the Nernst equation and contributing fundamentally to thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walther Nernst Target entity description: Walther Nernst was a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for formulating the Nernst equation and contributing fundamentally to thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
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A.
Max Planck
Max Planck was a German theoretical physicist regarded as the founder of quantum theory and a key figure in modern physics.
-
B.
Emil Fischer
Emil Fischer was a pioneering German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational work on the chemistry of sugars, purines, and proteins.
-
C.
Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Boltzmann was an Austrian physicist and one of the founders of statistical mechanics, whose work established the statistical nature of thermodynamics and the microscopic interpretation of entropy.
-
D.
Gustav Kirchhoff
Gustav Kirchhoff was a 19th-century German physicist best known for formulating Kirchhoff's circuit laws and making foundational contributions to spectroscopy and thermal radiation.
-
E.
James Franck
James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.
- 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25c8d97d08190ad7c1c3e9322f34c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a389a9bb7c81909b60569e4c6074fb |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a38a53a07881908a1e1a0773680044 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a38acac1ec81909578321bb8b0bfd2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:39 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.