Triple

T6306422
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gilbert N. Lewis E141386 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Theodore William Richards
Theodore William Richards was an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his precise determinations of atomic weights, which significantly advanced physical chemistry.
E585835 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: Theodore William Richards | Statement: [Gilbert N. Lewis, doctoralAdvisor, Theodore William Richards]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore William Richards
Context triple: [Gilbert N. Lewis, doctoralAdvisor, Theodore William Richards]
  • A. Gilbert N. Lewis
    Gilbert N. Lewis was an influential American physical chemist best known for his work on chemical bonding, the electron-pair theory, and the concept of acids and bases that bear his name.
  • B. Percy W. Bridgman
    Percy W. Bridgman was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in high-pressure physics and for developing the philosophical approach known as operationalism.
  • C. Robert A. Millikan
    Robert A. Millikan was an American experimental physicist best known for his oil-drop experiment measuring the electron’s charge and for his Nobel Prize–winning work on the photoelectric effect.
  • D. Edward W. Morley
    Edward W. Morley was an American chemist and physicist best known for his collaboration with Albert A. Michelson on the landmark Michelson–Morley experiment that challenged the existence of the luminiferous aether and paved the way for modern physics.
  • E. Albert Henry Loeb
    Albert Henry Loeb was a prominent Chicago corporate lawyer and executive at Sears, Roebuck and Co., best known as the father of convicted murderer Richard Loeb.
  • 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: Theodore William Richards
Triple: [Gilbert N. Lewis, doctoralAdvisor, Theodore William Richards]
Generated description
Theodore William Richards was an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his precise determinations of atomic weights, which significantly advanced physical chemistry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore William Richards
Target entity description: Theodore William Richards was an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his precise determinations of atomic weights, which significantly advanced physical chemistry.
  • A. Gilbert N. Lewis
    Gilbert N. Lewis was an influential American physical chemist best known for his work on chemical bonding, the electron-pair theory, and the concept of acids and bases that bear his name.
  • B. Percy W. Bridgman
    Percy W. Bridgman was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in high-pressure physics and for developing the philosophical approach known as operationalism.
  • C. Robert A. Millikan
    Robert A. Millikan was an American experimental physicist best known for his oil-drop experiment measuring the electron’s charge and for his Nobel Prize–winning work on the photoelectric effect.
  • D. Edward W. Morley
    Edward W. Morley was an American chemist and physicist best known for his collaboration with Albert A. Michelson on the landmark Michelson–Morley experiment that challenged the existence of the luminiferous aether and paved the way for modern physics.
  • E. Albert Henry Loeb
    Albert Henry Loeb was a prominent Chicago corporate lawyer and executive at Sears, Roebuck and Co., best known as the father of convicted murderer Richard Loeb.
  • 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_69c008d00efc8190a36c05b4b4a3bf4b completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0647b69f08190bb085f9b700f6453 completed March 22, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c603feee388190921239cda3772210 completed March 27, 2026, 4:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6056435b481908a63a880b7bcd489 completed March 27, 2026, 4:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c605f2369c819080fd52282b20437e completed March 27, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:28 p.m.