Triple

T573562
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sin-Itiro Tomonaga E13714 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Tomonaga
Tomonaga is a Japanese surname most notably borne by Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, a Nobel Prize–winning theoretical physicist known for his contributions to quantum electrodynamics.
 E75513 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: Tomonaga | Statement: [Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, familyName, Tomonaga]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tomonaga
Context triple: [Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, familyName, Tomonaga]
  • A. Tamada
    Tamada is the traditional Georgian toastmaster who leads feasts and orchestrates toasts during the supra, Georgia’s ceremonial banquet.
  • B. Hirakata
    Hirakata is a city in Japan located between Osaka and Kyoto, known for its residential suburbs, historical sites, and the popular Hirakata Park amusement park.
  • C. Hatagaya
    Hatagaya is a residential neighborhood in Tokyo known for its convenient access to central Shibuya and its mix of quiet local streets and urban amenities.
  • D. Matsubara
    Matsubara is a suburban city in Japan’s Kansai region, located within Osaka Prefecture and forming part of the Osaka metropolitan area.
  • E. Adachi
    Adachi is a special ward in northern Tokyo, Japan, known as a primarily residential and industrial area along the Arakawa River.
  • 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: Tomonaga
Triple: [Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, familyName, Tomonaga]
Generated description
Tomonaga is a Japanese surname most notably borne by Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, a Nobel Prize–winning theoretical physicist known for his contributions to quantum electrodynamics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tomonaga
Target entity description: Tomonaga is a Japanese surname most notably borne by Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, a Nobel Prize–winning theoretical physicist known for his contributions to quantum electrodynamics.
  • A. Tamada
    Tamada is the traditional Georgian toastmaster who leads feasts and orchestrates toasts during the supra, Georgia’s ceremonial banquet.
  • B. Hirakata
    Hirakata is a city in Japan located between Osaka and Kyoto, known for its residential suburbs, historical sites, and the popular Hirakata Park amusement park.
  • C. Hatagaya
    Hatagaya is a residential neighborhood in Tokyo known for its convenient access to central Shibuya and its mix of quiet local streets and urban amenities.
  • D. Matsubara
    Matsubara is a suburban city in Japan’s Kansai region, located within Osaka Prefecture and forming part of the Osaka metropolitan area.
  • E. Adachi
    Adachi is a special ward in northern Tokyo, Japan, known as a primarily residential and industrial area along the Arakawa River.
  • 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_69a4933fa4d88190a7949cc83c08c5c1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b4ae0988190bdd0ad428b784d85 completed March 1, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a523853a648190bdf48e8148fa642b completed March 2, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5240e2fa8819099d13bf88b1eeddc completed March 2, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5246681e081909d4991614a5ff6d7 completed March 2, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.