Triple
T3987436
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Monte Carlo method |
E86905
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableDeveloper |
P14207
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nicholas Metropolis
Nicholas Metropolis was a Greek-American physicist and computer scientist best known for pioneering work in computational physics and for helping develop the Monte Carlo method and early electronic computers at Los Alamos.
|
E404064
|
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: Nicholas Metropolis | Statement: [Monte Carlo method, notableDeveloper, Nicholas Metropolis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Metropolis Context triple: [Monte Carlo method, notableDeveloper, Nicholas Metropolis]
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A.
Stanislaw Ulam
Stanislaw Ulam was a Polish-American mathematician and physicist known for his key contributions to the development of the hydrogen bomb, the Monte Carlo method, and early work in computing and set theory.
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B.
Edward Teller
Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist best known as the “father of the hydrogen bomb” for his leading role in developing thermonuclear weapons during and after World War II.
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C.
Joseph Edward Mayer
Joseph Edward Mayer was an American chemist and physicist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, and for his collaborations with his Nobel Prize–winning wife, Maria Goeppert Mayer.
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D.
Murray Feshbach
Murray Feshbach was an American demographer and scholar known for his pioneering research on Soviet and Russian population, public health, and environmental issues.
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E.
William A. Fowler
William A. Fowler was an American nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nuclear reactions that power stars and synthesize the chemical elements.
- 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: Nicholas Metropolis Triple: [Monte Carlo method, notableDeveloper, Nicholas Metropolis]
Generated description
Nicholas Metropolis was a Greek-American physicist and computer scientist best known for pioneering work in computational physics and for helping develop the Monte Carlo method and early electronic computers at Los Alamos.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Metropolis Target entity description: Nicholas Metropolis was a Greek-American physicist and computer scientist best known for pioneering work in computational physics and for helping develop the Monte Carlo method and early electronic computers at Los Alamos.
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A.
Stanislaw Ulam
Stanislaw Ulam was a Polish-American mathematician and physicist known for his key contributions to the development of the hydrogen bomb, the Monte Carlo method, and early work in computing and set theory.
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B.
Edward Teller
Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist best known as the “father of the hydrogen bomb” for his leading role in developing thermonuclear weapons during and after World War II.
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C.
Joseph Edward Mayer
Joseph Edward Mayer was an American chemist and physicist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, and for his collaborations with his Nobel Prize–winning wife, Maria Goeppert Mayer.
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D.
Murray Feshbach
Murray Feshbach was an American demographer and scholar known for his pioneering research on Soviet and Russian population, public health, and environmental issues.
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E.
William A. Fowler
William A. Fowler was an American nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nuclear reactions that power stars and synthesize the chemical elements.
- 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_69aed93fd9d4819085d3b2137d2346cb |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af0197a0a0819085d746f51c7fc51b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5402f72e8819097ce951aac465dc8 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b54111e5188190ab8ec23124c22981 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:05 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b54195261c8190a155b3c0469b0a35 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:33 p.m.