Triple
T4966382
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Theodore von Kármán |
E111535
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tsien Hsue-shen
Tsien Hsue-shen was a pioneering Chinese aerospace engineer and rocket scientist who played a foundational role in both early American rocketry and the development of China’s missile and space programs.
|
E483177
|
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: Tsien Hsue-shen | Statement: [Theodore von Kármán, notableStudent, Tsien Hsue-shen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tsien Hsue-shen Context triple: [Theodore von Kármán, notableStudent, Tsien Hsue-shen]
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A.
L. C. Pei
L. C. Pei is a Chinese-American architect best known for designing the iconic Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong.
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B.
Zhu Guangya
Zhu Guangya was a prominent Chinese nuclear physicist and key architect of China’s nuclear weapons and energy programs.
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C.
Chen Yongren
Chen Yongren is the undercover police officer protagonist of the Hong Kong crime thriller "Infernal Affairs," whose character later inspired Billy Costigan in the American remake "The Departed."
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D.
Peng Shilu
Peng Shilu was a pioneering Chinese nuclear engineer widely regarded as the "father of China's nuclear submarines" for his leading role in developing the country's first nuclear-powered subs.
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E.
Liu Songlin
Liu Songlin was the wife of Mao Anqing, the second son of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong.
- 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: Tsien Hsue-shen Triple: [Theodore von Kármán, notableStudent, Tsien Hsue-shen]
Generated description
Tsien Hsue-shen was a pioneering Chinese aerospace engineer and rocket scientist who played a foundational role in both early American rocketry and the development of China’s missile and space programs.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tsien Hsue-shen Target entity description: Tsien Hsue-shen was a pioneering Chinese aerospace engineer and rocket scientist who played a foundational role in both early American rocketry and the development of China’s missile and space programs.
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A.
L. C. Pei
L. C. Pei is a Chinese-American architect best known for designing the iconic Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong.
-
B.
Zhu Guangya
Zhu Guangya was a prominent Chinese nuclear physicist and key architect of China’s nuclear weapons and energy programs.
-
C.
Chen Yongren
Chen Yongren is the undercover police officer protagonist of the Hong Kong crime thriller "Infernal Affairs," whose character later inspired Billy Costigan in the American remake "The Departed."
-
D.
Peng Shilu
Peng Shilu was a pioneering Chinese nuclear engineer widely regarded as the "father of China's nuclear submarines" for his leading role in developing the country's first nuclear-powered subs.
-
E.
Liu Songlin
Liu Songlin was the wife of Mao Anqing, the second son of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong.
- 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_69bd4419393c819086319a6fe4bf8542 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd71f7ae388190b752770bf577906f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be81f13988819097dcd5a65cb1f502 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be83b10e048190889289ac2ca9f07f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be843e2e50819099b2b73498c7c16e |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.