Triple
T4995830
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nevill Francis Mott |
E112242
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ronald N. Bracewell
Ronald N. Bracewell was an Australian-born radio astronomer and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work in radio interferometry, image reconstruction, and the conceptual design of the "Bracewell probe" for interstellar communication.
|
E487206
|
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: Ronald N. Bracewell | Statement: [Nevill Francis Mott, coAuthor, Ronald N. Bracewell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald N. Bracewell Context triple: [Nevill Francis Mott, coAuthor, Ronald N. Bracewell]
-
A.
Ben H. Kline
Ben H. Kline was an American film professional best known for his work as an assistant director and cinematographer during Hollywood’s early studio era.
-
B.
Milburn G. Apt
Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
-
C.
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
-
D.
Edward M. Wright
Edward M. Wright was a British mathematician best known as the co-author, with G. H. Hardy, of the classic textbook "An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers."
-
E.
Thomas Kailath
Thomas Kailath is an Indian-American electrical engineer and Stanford professor renowned for his influential contributions to information theory, control, and signal processing.
- 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: Ronald N. Bracewell Triple: [Nevill Francis Mott, coAuthor, Ronald N. Bracewell]
Generated description
Ronald N. Bracewell was an Australian-born radio astronomer and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work in radio interferometry, image reconstruction, and the conceptual design of the "Bracewell probe" for interstellar communication.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald N. Bracewell Target entity description: Ronald N. Bracewell was an Australian-born radio astronomer and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work in radio interferometry, image reconstruction, and the conceptual design of the "Bracewell probe" for interstellar communication.
-
A.
Ben H. Kline
Ben H. Kline was an American film professional best known for his work as an assistant director and cinematographer during Hollywood’s early studio era.
-
B.
Milburn G. Apt
Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
-
C.
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
-
D.
Edward M. Wright
Edward M. Wright was a British mathematician best known as the co-author, with G. H. Hardy, of the classic textbook "An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers."
-
E.
Thomas Kailath
Thomas Kailath is an Indian-American electrical engineer and Stanford professor renowned for his influential contributions to information theory, control, and signal processing.
- 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_69bd4432b32c81909f3b3c6bd10f0653 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd72a0122c8190bb2fc655f3bc11b0 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be92557c508190a8c27b974906999f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be945736d0819097e26ad90d6f9813 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be94d3578c81909e8139f253e26d69 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:34 p.m.