Triple

T6220743
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hans Thirring E139105 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Walter Thirring
Walter Thirring was an Austrian theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum field theory and mathematical physics, and for authoring the influential multi-volume textbook "A Course in Mathematical Physics."
E579903 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: Walter Thirring | Statement: [Hans Thirring, notableStudent, Walter Thirring]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Thirring
Context triple: [Hans Thirring, notableStudent, Walter Thirring]
  • A. Hans Thirring
    Hans Thirring was an Austrian theoretical physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and quantum mechanics, including the Lense–Thirring frame-dragging effect.
  • B. Reinhard H. Dalitz
    Reinhard H. Dalitz was a British-based theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in particle physics, including the introduction of the Dalitz plot for analyzing three-body decays.
  • C. Kurt Symanzik
    Kurt Symanzik was a German theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum field theory and renormalization.
  • D. Wolfgang Rindler
    Wolfgang Rindler was an Austrian-born theoretical physicist best known for his influential work on general relativity, cosmology, and the foundations and pedagogy of spacetime physics.
  • E. Ernst Specker
    Ernst Specker was a Swiss mathematician best known for his foundational work in logic and the co-discovery of the Kochen–Specker theorem in quantum mechanics.
  • 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: Walter Thirring
Triple: [Hans Thirring, notableStudent, Walter Thirring]
Generated description
Walter Thirring was an Austrian theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum field theory and mathematical physics, and for authoring the influential multi-volume textbook "A Course in Mathematical Physics."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Thirring
Target entity description: Walter Thirring was an Austrian theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to quantum field theory and mathematical physics, and for authoring the influential multi-volume textbook "A Course in Mathematical Physics."
  • A. Hans Thirring
    Hans Thirring was an Austrian theoretical physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and quantum mechanics, including the Lense–Thirring frame-dragging effect.
  • B. Reinhard H. Dalitz
    Reinhard H. Dalitz was a British-based theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in particle physics, including the introduction of the Dalitz plot for analyzing three-body decays.
  • C. Kurt Symanzik
    Kurt Symanzik was a German theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum field theory and renormalization.
  • D. Wolfgang Rindler
    Wolfgang Rindler was an Austrian-born theoretical physicist best known for his influential work on general relativity, cosmology, and the foundations and pedagogy of spacetime physics.
  • E. Ernst Specker
    Ernst Specker was a Swiss mathematician best known for his foundational work in logic and the co-discovery of the Kochen–Specker theorem in quantum mechanics.
  • 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_69c008aecb0c81909984b48f733ce8ae completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c062bcc2348190806ed8c98bdfbf3e completed March 22, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c243f042b08190a32bb07acd419b4c completed March 24, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c4fb6ab25081909bce29ecee57cb42 completed March 26, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c4fc5c18088190ba2ee0d182d7f3c2 completed March 26, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:21 p.m.