Triple

T3995364
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Steinhardt E87085 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Neil Turok
Neil Turok is a South African theoretical physicist known for his work in cosmology, including the cyclic model of the universe and his leadership at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
E408781 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: Neil Turok | Statement: [Paul Steinhardt, coAuthor, Neil Turok]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neil Turok
Context triple: [Paul Steinhardt, coAuthor, Neil Turok]
  • A. Gerald Guralnik
    Gerald Guralnik was an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the Higgs mechanism that explains how particles acquire mass.
  • B. Frank Tipler
    Frank Tipler is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist known for his controversial ideas on the Fermi paradox, the Omega Point theory, and the intersection of physics with theology.
  • C. Paul Steinhardt
    Paul Steinhardt is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist known for his work on inflationary cosmology, the cyclic model of the universe, and the theoretical prediction of quasicrystals.
  • D. Joseph Randall Shapiro
    Joseph Randall Shapiro was an American art collector and philanthropist best known for establishing the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
  • E. John H. Schwarz
    John H. Schwarz is an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the founders of superstring theory and a pioneer in the development of string theory as a candidate for a unified theory of fundamental forces.
  • 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: Neil Turok
Triple: [Paul Steinhardt, coAuthor, Neil Turok]
Generated description
Neil Turok is a South African theoretical physicist known for his work in cosmology, including the cyclic model of the universe and his leadership at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neil Turok
Target entity description: Neil Turok is a South African theoretical physicist known for his work in cosmology, including the cyclic model of the universe and his leadership at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
  • A. Gerald Guralnik
    Gerald Guralnik was an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the Higgs mechanism that explains how particles acquire mass.
  • B. Frank Tipler
    Frank Tipler is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist known for his controversial ideas on the Fermi paradox, the Omega Point theory, and the intersection of physics with theology.
  • C. Paul Steinhardt
    Paul Steinhardt is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist known for his work on inflationary cosmology, the cyclic model of the universe, and the theoretical prediction of quasicrystals.
  • D. Joseph Randall Shapiro
    Joseph Randall Shapiro was an American art collector and philanthropist best known for establishing the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
  • E. John H. Schwarz
    John H. Schwarz is an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the founders of superstring theory and a pioneer in the development of string theory as a candidate for a unified theory of fundamental forces.
  • 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_69aed94118148190975e6aa4e554cde9 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefa1f0fb88190aafbfdc98bc8652d completed March 9, 2026, 4:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5562139b481909faba39f4f36cd26 completed March 14, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5569d6b9c8190bea12fcfb9b444d9 completed March 14, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b55706a2708190aeb41591b91f0fba completed March 14, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.