Triple

T3572704
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Principles of Optics E75611 entity
Predicate contributor P1993 FINISHED
Object P. C. Clemmow
P. C. Clemmow was a physicist and applied mathematician known for his work in electromagnetic theory and wave propagation, contributing to foundational texts in optics.
E372787 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: P. C. Clemmow | Statement: [Principles of Optics, contributor, P. C. Clemmow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P. C. Clemmow
Context triple: [Principles of Optics, contributor, P. C. Clemmow]
  • A. H. A. Prichard
    H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.
  • B. Raymond Priestley
    Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
  • C. John Ternouth
    John Ternouth was a 19th-century British sculptor best known for creating the bronze reliefs that adorn Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London.
  • D. D. E. Hughes
    D. E. Hughes was a 19th-century British inventor and physicist best known for pioneering work in telegraphy and the development of the carbon microphone, which greatly advanced early telephony.
  • E. Thomas J. C. Martyn
    Thomas J. C. Martyn was a British-born journalist and editor best known as the founder of the American news magazine Newsweek.
  • 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: P. C. Clemmow
Triple: [Principles of Optics, contributor, P. C. Clemmow]
Generated description
P. C. Clemmow was a physicist and applied mathematician known for his work in electromagnetic theory and wave propagation, contributing to foundational texts in optics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P. C. Clemmow
Target entity description: P. C. Clemmow was a physicist and applied mathematician known for his work in electromagnetic theory and wave propagation, contributing to foundational texts in optics.
  • A. H. A. Prichard
    H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.
  • B. Raymond Priestley
    Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
  • C. John Ternouth
    John Ternouth was a 19th-century British sculptor best known for creating the bronze reliefs that adorn Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London.
  • D. D. E. Hughes
    D. E. Hughes was a 19th-century British inventor and physicist best known for pioneering work in telegraphy and the development of the carbon microphone, which greatly advanced early telephony.
  • E. Thomas J. C. Martyn
    Thomas J. C. Martyn was a British-born journalist and editor best known as the founder of the American news magazine Newsweek.
  • 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_69ad85d5e3008190bdfe0bacdd1f5a1b completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc0c447fc81909689259558187af4 completed March 8, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b43301c2d8819089ee18732c1df29d completed March 13, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b434ffe8288190b367ac19d05279aa completed March 13, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b435556710819084f0e171b00a4f15 completed March 13, 2026, 4:03 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:21 p.m.