Triple
T5721043
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harvard College Observatory |
E126144
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePerson |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Donald Menzel
Donald Menzel was a prominent American astronomer and astrophysicist known for his pioneering work on the Sun’s atmosphere and for directing major research at Harvard.
|
E558303
|
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: Donald Menzel | Statement: [Harvard College Observatory, notablePerson, Donald Menzel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Menzel Context triple: [Harvard College Observatory, notablePerson, Donald Menzel]
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A.
Rudolf Garrels
Rudolf Garrels was an 18th-century Dutch organ builder known for constructing and maintaining notable church organs in the Netherlands.
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B.
Charles Hartmann
Charles Hartmann is a central fictional character in Sebastian Faulks’s novel "The Girl at the Lion d’Or," depicted as a middle-aged, married lawyer and politician who becomes romantically involved with the young waitress Anne Louvet in 1930s France.
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C.
Karl Herzfeld
Karl Herzfeld was an Austrian-American physicist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics and acoustics, and for mentoring influential physicists such as John Archibald Wheeler.
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D.
Walter Naegle
Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
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E.
Walter Meierjohann
Walter Meierjohann is a theatre director known for his innovative, visually driven productions and leadership roles in European and UK theatre institutions.
- 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: Donald Menzel Triple: [Harvard College Observatory, notablePerson, Donald Menzel]
Generated description
Donald Menzel was a prominent American astronomer and astrophysicist known for his pioneering work on the Sun’s atmosphere and for directing major research at Harvard.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Menzel Target entity description: Donald Menzel was a prominent American astronomer and astrophysicist known for his pioneering work on the Sun’s atmosphere and for directing major research at Harvard.
-
A.
Rudolf Garrels
Rudolf Garrels was an 18th-century Dutch organ builder known for constructing and maintaining notable church organs in the Netherlands.
-
B.
Charles Hartmann
Charles Hartmann is a central fictional character in Sebastian Faulks’s novel "The Girl at the Lion d’Or," depicted as a middle-aged, married lawyer and politician who becomes romantically involved with the young waitress Anne Louvet in 1930s France.
-
C.
Karl Herzfeld
Karl Herzfeld was an Austrian-American physicist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics and acoustics, and for mentoring influential physicists such as John Archibald Wheeler.
-
D.
Walter Naegle
Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
-
E.
Walter Meierjohann
Walter Meierjohann is a theatre director known for his innovative, visually driven productions and leadership roles in European and UK theatre institutions.
- 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_69c0082e3d548190950169847b43043b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c024e328e08190a67e845b296e34e9 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0e337729081909ff1a9d4cd20eeb9 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 6:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0f6545eb48190b7fbc988810d7510 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 8:14 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0f7a05da88190a3751e0afbd2f91c |
completed | March 23, 2026, 8:19 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:46 p.m.