Triple

T5855489
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sumio Iijima E130141 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Iijima
Iijima is a Japanese surname most notably associated with physicist Sumio Iijima, a pioneer in the discovery and characterization of carbon nanotubes.
E569311 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: Iijima | Statement: [Sumio Iijima, familyName, Iijima]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iijima
Context triple: [Sumio Iijima, familyName, Iijima]
  • A. Takaishi
    Takaishi is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a small industrial and residential hub within the Osaka metropolitan area.
  • B. Nishiwaki
    Nishiwaki is a city in central Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known for its location near the geographic center of the country and its mix of industrial and rural landscapes.
  • C. Akizuki
    Akizuki was a Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
  • D. Gotō
    Gotō is a Japanese surname borne by various notable figures in politics, business, and the arts.
  • E. Fujinami
    Fujinami is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals, including professional athletes and entertainers.
  • 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: Iijima
Triple: [Sumio Iijima, familyName, Iijima]
Generated description
Iijima is a Japanese surname most notably associated with physicist Sumio Iijima, a pioneer in the discovery and characterization of carbon nanotubes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iijima
Target entity description: Iijima is a Japanese surname most notably associated with physicist Sumio Iijima, a pioneer in the discovery and characterization of carbon nanotubes.
  • A. Takaishi
    Takaishi is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a small industrial and residential hub within the Osaka metropolitan area.
  • B. Nishiwaki
    Nishiwaki is a city in central Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known for its location near the geographic center of the country and its mix of industrial and rural landscapes.
  • C. Akizuki
    Akizuki was a Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
  • D. Gotō
    Gotō is a Japanese surname borne by various notable figures in politics, business, and the arts.
  • E. Fujinami
    Fujinami is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals, including professional athletes and entertainers.
  • 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_69c0084de39081909eb34e6bed74215a completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c03555cd6081908b0307decd60d2bc completed March 22, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c124f45d8c8190a757c82abd85c514 completed March 23, 2026, 11:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1268cbac48190aae1682b1620ea41 completed March 23, 2026, 11:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1274251c4819090de776c702e4ac8 completed March 23, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:55 p.m.