Triple

T4537452
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics E107440 entity
Predicate employed P7 FINISHED
Object Walther Bothe
Walther Bothe was a German nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate known for developing the coincidence method and making key contributions to quantum theory and cosmic ray research.
E452458 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: Walther Bothe | Statement: [Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics, employed, Walther Bothe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walther Bothe
Context triple: [Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics, employed, Walther Bothe]
  • A. Hans Geiger
    Hans Geiger was a German physicist best known for co-inventing the Geiger counter, a device for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Gustav Hertz
    Gustav Hertz was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for the Franck–Hertz experiment, which provided key evidence for the quantization of energy levels in atoms.
  • D. James Franck
    James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Walther Bothe
Triple: [Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics, employed, Walther Bothe]
Generated description
Walther Bothe was a German nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate known for developing the coincidence method and making key contributions to quantum theory and cosmic ray research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walther Bothe
Target entity description: Walther Bothe was a German nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate known for developing the coincidence method and making key contributions to quantum theory and cosmic ray research.
  • A. Hans Geiger
    Hans Geiger was a German physicist best known for co-inventing the Geiger counter, a device for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Gustav Hertz
    Gustav Hertz was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for the Franck–Hertz experiment, which provided key evidence for the quantization of energy levels in atoms.
  • D. James Franck
    James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69bd43f922788190b7edfa294e39b178 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd57b78b8481909d79131723d4be22 completed March 20, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdc55ae8248190acda4f10eb5ce2e7 completed March 20, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdc758f0288190ad57ec8ef5786c66 completed March 20, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdc7d126fc819094a97fe155d267dd completed March 20, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:04 p.m.