Triple

T4716352
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Polanyi E104647 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Polanyi
Polanyi is a surname most notably associated with a family of influential scholars, including physical chemist and Nobel laureate John Polanyi and philosopher-economist Michael Polanyi.
 E464521 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: Polanyi | Statement: [John Polanyi, familyName, Polanyi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Polanyi
Context triple: [John Polanyi, familyName, Polanyi]
  • A. Karl Polanyi
    Karl Polanyi was a Hungarian economic historian and social theorist best known for his influential work "The Great Transformation," which critiqued market liberalism and analyzed the social and political origins of modern capitalist economies.
  • B. Anne Polanyi
    Anne Polanyi is known as the wife of Nobel Prize–winning chemist John Polanyi.
  • C. Michael Polanyi
    Michael Polanyi was a Hungarian-British polymath and philosopher of science known for his critique of positivism and his influential concept of tacit knowledge.
  • D. Elizabeth Boody Schumpeter
    Elizabeth Boody Schumpeter was an American economic historian and editor known for preserving and publishing the works of her husband, economist Joseph Schumpeter.
  • E. Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
    Magda Elizabeth Polanyi is the daughter of Nobel Prize–winning chemist John Polanyi, belonging to the prominent Polanyi family known for its contributions to science and philosophy.
  • 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: Polanyi
Triple: [John Polanyi, familyName, Polanyi]
Generated description
Polanyi is a surname most notably associated with a family of influential scholars, including physical chemist and Nobel laureate John Polanyi and philosopher-economist Michael Polanyi.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Polanyi
Target entity description: Polanyi is a surname most notably associated with a family of influential scholars, including physical chemist and Nobel laureate John Polanyi and philosopher-economist Michael Polanyi.
  • A. Karl Polanyi
    Karl Polanyi was a Hungarian economic historian and social theorist best known for his influential work "The Great Transformation," which critiqued market liberalism and analyzed the social and political origins of modern capitalist economies.
  • B. Anne Polanyi
    Anne Polanyi is known as the wife of Nobel Prize–winning chemist John Polanyi.
  • C. Michael Polanyi
    Michael Polanyi was a Hungarian-British polymath and philosopher of science known for his critique of positivism and his influential concept of tacit knowledge.
  • D. Elizabeth Boody Schumpeter
    Elizabeth Boody Schumpeter was an American economic historian and editor known for preserving and publishing the works of her husband, economist Joseph Schumpeter.
  • E. Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
    Magda Elizabeth Polanyi is the daughter of Nobel Prize–winning chemist John Polanyi, belonging to the prominent Polanyi family known for its contributions to science and philosophy.
  • 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_69bd43ec4a348190bc41afae43375e71 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd640a32ec8190850146957885c3cf completed March 20, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be108440108190a7dc1bbfb27ae6f5 completed March 21, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be14b0425c8190afb8a99ce88d8785 completed March 21, 2026, 3:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be1504228c81908963d42441931c96 completed March 21, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:18 p.m.