Triple

T6651570
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh E150833 entity
Predicate notableHolder P1918 FINISHED
Object Nicholas Kemmer
Nicholas Kemmer was a Russian-born British theoretical physicist known for his contributions to nuclear and particle physics and for his influential academic role at the University of Edinburgh.
 E610978 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: Nicholas Kemmer | Statement: [Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, notableHolder, Nicholas Kemmer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nicholas Kemmer
Context triple: [Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, notableHolder, Nicholas Kemmer]
  • A. Charles Weissmann
    Charles Weissmann is a Swiss molecular biologist and biotechnology pioneer known for his groundbreaking work on interferons and prion diseases and for co-founding the biotech company Biogen.
  • B. Nadrian Seeman
    Nadrian Seeman was a pioneering chemist and nanotechnologist best known for founding the field of DNA nanotechnology by using DNA to create designed nanoscale structures and devices.
  • C. Nicholas Nayfack
    Nicholas Nayfack was a mid-20th-century American film producer best known for his work on influential science fiction cinema.
  • D. Gregory Nussbaum
    Gregory Nussbaum is a film editor known for his work on the 2008 comic-book adaptation "The Spirit."
  • E. Michael Hecht
    Michael Hecht is the birth name of Michael Howard, a British Conservative politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Home Secretary.
  • 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: Nicholas Kemmer
Triple: [Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, notableHolder, Nicholas Kemmer]
Generated description
Nicholas Kemmer was a Russian-born British theoretical physicist known for his contributions to nuclear and particle physics and for his influential academic role at the University of Edinburgh.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nicholas Kemmer
Target entity description: Nicholas Kemmer was a Russian-born British theoretical physicist known for his contributions to nuclear and particle physics and for his influential academic role at the University of Edinburgh.
  • A. Charles Weissmann
    Charles Weissmann is a Swiss molecular biologist and biotechnology pioneer known for his groundbreaking work on interferons and prion diseases and for co-founding the biotech company Biogen.
  • B. Nadrian Seeman
    Nadrian Seeman was a pioneering chemist and nanotechnologist best known for founding the field of DNA nanotechnology by using DNA to create designed nanoscale structures and devices.
  • C. Nicholas Nayfack
    Nicholas Nayfack was a mid-20th-century American film producer best known for his work on influential science fiction cinema.
  • D. Gregory Nussbaum
    Gregory Nussbaum is a film editor known for his work on the 2008 comic-book adaptation "The Spirit."
  • E. Michael Hecht
    Michael Hecht is the birth name of Michael Howard, a British Conservative politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Home Secretary.
  • 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_69c687f2c9508190a60b9aad31d3f358 completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6b0458fb48190a76d8d1d6273a92b completed March 27, 2026, 4:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6f79642508190a2e3810e347f2e93 completed March 27, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6f8946b2c8190b18edff8523cf565 completed March 27, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6f96c215081909e9d7a6e0a811f18 completed March 27, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:01 p.m.