Triple
T4118950
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mach principle |
E90362
|
entity |
| Predicate | debatedBy |
P2693
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Dennis Sciama |
E45978
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Dennis Sciama | Statement: [Mach principle, debatedBy, Dennis Sciama]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Sciama Context triple: [Mach principle, debatedBy, Dennis Sciama]
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A.
Dennis Sciama
chosen
Dennis Sciama was a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a key role in developing modern cosmology and mentoring a generation of leading physicists.
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B.
Hermann Bondi
Hermann Bondi was an Austrian-British mathematician and cosmologist known for his work on steady-state theory, general relativity, and gravitational radiation, as well as for his influential roles in British science administration.
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C.
George Ellis
George Ellis was a figure significant enough in local or regional history that the city of Ellis, Kansas, was named in his honor, likely for his contributions to the area's development or founding.
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D.
George Ellis
George Ellis is a South African cosmologist renowned for his work on general relativity and the large-scale structure of the universe, as well as for his collaborations with Stephen Hawking.
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E.
Richard C. Tolman
Richard C. Tolman was an American physicist and physical chemist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and cosmology, as well as his scientific advisory roles during World War II.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69aed95c080881908125e30c5dcdc6f8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af01f5ed3881908bda4dbed497beba |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b576abe02081908a1b0322758089bd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:41 p.m.