Triple
T5622925
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John H. Schwarz |
E147649
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cumrun Vafa
Cumrun Vafa is an Iranian-American theoretical physicist and Harvard professor renowned for his influential contributions to string theory and quantum gravity.
|
E537196
|
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: Cumrun Vafa | Statement: [John H. Schwarz, notableStudent, Cumrun Vafa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cumrun Vafa Context triple: [John H. Schwarz, notableStudent, Cumrun Vafa]
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A.
Edward Witten
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in string theory, quantum gravity, and related areas of mathematical physics.
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B.
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Nima Arkani-Hamed is a prominent theoretical physicist known for his influential work on particle physics, extra dimensions, and the foundations of quantum field theory and gravity.
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C.
Juan Maldacena
Juan Maldacena is an Argentine theoretical physicist renowned for his groundbreaking work in string theory and quantum gravity, particularly for formulating the AdS/CFT correspondence that links gravity in anti-de Sitter space to conformal field theories.
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D.
Steven Gubser
Steven Gubser was an American theoretical physicist known for influential contributions to string theory, particularly in applying the AdS/CFT correspondence to strongly coupled systems and black hole physics.
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E.
Howard Georgi
Howard Georgi is an American theoretical physicist best known for his pioneering work on grand unified theories and for mentoring generations of influential particle physicists.
- 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: Cumrun Vafa Triple: [John H. Schwarz, notableStudent, Cumrun Vafa]
Generated description
Cumrun Vafa is an Iranian-American theoretical physicist and Harvard professor renowned for his influential contributions to string theory and quantum gravity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cumrun Vafa Target entity description: Cumrun Vafa is an Iranian-American theoretical physicist and Harvard professor renowned for his influential contributions to string theory and quantum gravity.
-
A.
Edward Witten
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in string theory, quantum gravity, and related areas of mathematical physics.
-
B.
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Nima Arkani-Hamed is a prominent theoretical physicist known for his influential work on particle physics, extra dimensions, and the foundations of quantum field theory and gravity.
-
C.
Juan Maldacena
Juan Maldacena is an Argentine theoretical physicist renowned for his groundbreaking work in string theory and quantum gravity, particularly for formulating the AdS/CFT correspondence that links gravity in anti-de Sitter space to conformal field theories.
-
D.
Steven Gubser
Steven Gubser was an American theoretical physicist known for influential contributions to string theory, particularly in applying the AdS/CFT correspondence to strongly coupled systems and black hole physics.
-
E.
Howard Georgi
Howard Georgi is an American theoretical physicist best known for his pioneering work on grand unified theories and for mentoring generations of influential particle physicists.
- 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_69c00906f2a88190a992c66b13d606d4 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c02214b4948190b71a9f59499092f6 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c04d5da9cc819097281dd6aa405e62 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:13 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c04ed9159481909adeb9228ce59d0e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c04f7e64c88190bbced2f2460c1913 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:40 p.m.