Triple
T5427109
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gravitation (with Charles Misner and Kip Thorne) |
E121389
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kip S. Thorne |
E48699
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Kip S. Thorne | Statement: [Gravitation (with Charles Misner and Kip Thorne), author, Kip S. Thorne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kip S. Thorne Context triple: [Gravitation (with Charles Misner and Kip Thorne), author, Kip S. Thorne]
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A.
Kip Thorne
chosen
Kip Thorne is an American theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in gravitation and astrophysics, including black holes and gravitational waves, and for co-founding the LIGO project.
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B.
Lawrence M. Krauss
Lawrence M. Krauss is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and prominent science communicator known for his work on dark energy, the origins of the universe, and his outspoken advocacy of atheism and scientific skepticism.
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C.
Jay Beckenstein
Jay Beckenstein is an American saxophonist and composer best known as the co-founder and leader of the jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra.
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D.
Rainer Weiss
Rainer Weiss is an American physicist best known as a co-founder of the LIGO project and a Nobel laureate for his pioneering work in the direct detection of gravitational waves.
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E.
Barry C. Barish
Barry C. Barish is an American experimental physicist best known for his leading role in the LIGO project that made the first direct detection of gravitational waves and earned him a share of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd463c65f0819082ee6483ab4b466a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd8817a2048190a76805da03cfa09b |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf3abfc7e88190b8f0a31b61c33973 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:06 p.m.