Triple
T4172848
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | University of Graz |
E86403
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAlumnus |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Viktor Franz Hess
Viktor Franz Hess was an Austrian-American physicist best known for discovering cosmic rays, a breakthrough that earned him the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.
|
E418348
|
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: Viktor Franz Hess | Statement: [University of Graz, notableAlumnus, Viktor Franz Hess]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viktor Franz Hess Context triple: [University of Graz, notableAlumnus, Viktor Franz Hess]
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A.
Henry D. Paschen
Henry D. Paschen was an American construction executive best known as the husband of pioneering Native American ballerina Maria Tallchief.
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B.
Johannes Stark
Johannes Stark was a German physicist and Nobel laureate known for discovering the Stark effect, the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields.
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C.
Hans Geiger
Hans Geiger was a German physicist best known for co-inventing the Geiger counter, a device for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation.
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D.
Theodor Estermann
Theodor Estermann was a German-British mathematician known for his contributions to analytic number theory and his work on the distribution of prime numbers.
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E.
Max von Laue
Max von Laue was a German physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of X-ray diffraction in crystals, which provided crucial evidence for the wave nature of X-rays and the atomic structure of matter.
- 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: Viktor Franz Hess Triple: [University of Graz, notableAlumnus, Viktor Franz Hess]
Generated description
Viktor Franz Hess was an Austrian-American physicist best known for discovering cosmic rays, a breakthrough that earned him the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viktor Franz Hess Target entity description: Viktor Franz Hess was an Austrian-American physicist best known for discovering cosmic rays, a breakthrough that earned him the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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A.
Henry D. Paschen
Henry D. Paschen was an American construction executive best known as the husband of pioneering Native American ballerina Maria Tallchief.
-
B.
Johannes Stark
Johannes Stark was a German physicist and Nobel laureate known for discovering the Stark effect, the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields.
-
C.
Hans Geiger
Hans Geiger was a German physicist best known for co-inventing the Geiger counter, a device for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation.
-
D.
Theodor Estermann
Theodor Estermann was a German-British mathematician known for his contributions to analytic number theory and his work on the distribution of prime numbers.
-
E.
Max von Laue
Max von Laue was a German physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of X-ray diffraction in crystals, which provided crucial evidence for the wave nature of X-rays and the atomic structure of matter.
- 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_69aed93de98c8190ad838ce507b77c8a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af02e65b548190be095df62091b960 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b57f51cac88190b6e849181fb78938 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5800ab42c8190a1bc6f84db38f170 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5843d6ac88190804242661d077546 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:45 p.m.