Triple
T7128704
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert S. Mulliken |
E166130
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edward W. Washburn
Edward W. Washburn was an American physical chemist known for his work in electrochemistry and thermodynamics and for mentoring future Nobel laureate Robert S. Mulliken.
|
E645367
|
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: Edward W. Washburn | Statement: [Robert S. Mulliken, doctoralAdvisor, Edward W. Washburn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward W. Washburn Context triple: [Robert S. Mulliken, doctoralAdvisor, Edward W. Washburn]
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A.
James Edward Keeler
James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
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B.
Bernard A. Newcomb
Bernard A. Newcomb is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the online brokerage firm E-Trade.
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C.
Samuel DeWitt Proctor
Samuel DeWitt Proctor was an influential American Baptist minister, educator, and civil rights leader who served as a prominent pastor and public intellectual in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Charles Conrad Abbott
Charles Conrad Abbott was a 19th-century American archaeologist and naturalist known for his controversial claims about early human presence in North America based on artifacts from the Delaware River Valley.
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E.
James Coblentz
James Coblentz is a film editor best known for his work on movies such as the horror film "The People Under the Stairs."
- 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: Edward W. Washburn Triple: [Robert S. Mulliken, doctoralAdvisor, Edward W. Washburn]
Generated description
Edward W. Washburn was an American physical chemist known for his work in electrochemistry and thermodynamics and for mentoring future Nobel laureate Robert S. Mulliken.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward W. Washburn Target entity description: Edward W. Washburn was an American physical chemist known for his work in electrochemistry and thermodynamics and for mentoring future Nobel laureate Robert S. Mulliken.
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A.
James Edward Keeler
James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
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B.
Bernard A. Newcomb
Bernard A. Newcomb is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the online brokerage firm E-Trade.
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C.
Samuel DeWitt Proctor
Samuel DeWitt Proctor was an influential American Baptist minister, educator, and civil rights leader who served as a prominent pastor and public intellectual in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Charles Conrad Abbott
Charles Conrad Abbott was a 19th-century American archaeologist and naturalist known for his controversial claims about early human presence in North America based on artifacts from the Delaware River Valley.
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E.
James Coblentz
James Coblentz is a film editor best known for his work on movies such as the horror film "The People Under the Stairs."
- 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_69c6888350588190870cd552b427a1cd |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e66b230c819090ddbc5396868305 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7ad8d00848190a5a4b9b64b3426e7 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7ae0bcfa4819099249fa403bed288 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:31 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7ae9f8f648190adc5cdf08bc01d93 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:44 p.m.