Triple

T6604631
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sam Treiman E149082 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Sam Bard Treiman
Sam Bard Treiman was an influential American theoretical physicist known for his major contributions to particle physics and for mentoring several prominent physicists.
E608406 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: Sam Bard Treiman | Statement: [Sam Treiman, name, Sam Bard Treiman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Bard Treiman
Context triple: [Sam Treiman, name, Sam Bard Treiman]
  • A. John Ziman
    John Ziman was a New Zealand-born British physicist and influential philosopher of science known for his work in condensed matter physics and his writings on the social dimensions of scientific research.
  • B. B. D. Hyman
    B. D. Hyman is an American author and Christian minister best known as the estranged daughter of actress Bette Davis and for her controversial memoir about their relationship.
  • C. Robert Wald
    Robert Wald is a prominent American theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to general relativity and black hole physics, as well as for authoring influential textbooks in the field.
  • D. Nicholas Sagan
    Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • E. David L. Goodstein
    David L. Goodstein is an American physicist and educator known for his work in condensed matter physics, science education, and authorship of popular science books.
  • 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: Sam Bard Treiman
Triple: [Sam Treiman, name, Sam Bard Treiman]
Generated description
Sam Bard Treiman was an influential American theoretical physicist known for his major contributions to particle physics and for mentoring several prominent physicists.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Bard Treiman
Target entity description: Sam Bard Treiman was an influential American theoretical physicist known for his major contributions to particle physics and for mentoring several prominent physicists.
  • A. John Ziman
    John Ziman was a New Zealand-born British physicist and influential philosopher of science known for his work in condensed matter physics and his writings on the social dimensions of scientific research.
  • B. B. D. Hyman
    B. D. Hyman is an American author and Christian minister best known as the estranged daughter of actress Bette Davis and for her controversial memoir about their relationship.
  • C. Robert Wald
    Robert Wald is a prominent American theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to general relativity and black hole physics, as well as for authoring influential textbooks in the field.
  • D. Nicholas Sagan
    Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • E. David L. Goodstein
    David L. Goodstein is an American physicist and educator known for his work in condensed matter physics, science education, and authorship of popular science books.
  • 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_69c687eaa7508190bb58ce2aa02039b3 completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6af13151c81909b68fa6c77e1c482 completed March 27, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6eee3e2d08190b5cb503facf68818 completed March 27, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6f09ffdd481909418ae33d1683486 completed March 27, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6f159cbf08190a22d7488584b4580 completed March 27, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:56 p.m.