Triple
T7160313
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John B. Pendry |
E166925
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Brian Pendry
John Brian Pendry is a British theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in metamaterials and the development of the concept of the perfect lens.
|
E645819
|
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: John Brian Pendry | Statement: [John B. Pendry, name, John Brian Pendry]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Brian Pendry Context triple: [John B. Pendry, name, John Brian Pendry]
-
A.
Geoffrey Smith
Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
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B.
Nigel Shadbolt
Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
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C.
Graham Dumpleton
Graham Dumpleton is a software engineer and open-source developer best known for creating and maintaining mod_wsgi, a popular Apache module for hosting Python web applications.
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D.
Stephen Trott
Stephen Trott is an American lawyer and former federal official who later served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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E.
Jeffrey Stott
Jeffrey Stott is a film producer best known for his work on the political comedy film "The American President."
- 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: John Brian Pendry Triple: [John B. Pendry, name, John Brian Pendry]
Generated description
John Brian Pendry is a British theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in metamaterials and the development of the concept of the perfect lens.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Brian Pendry Target entity description: John Brian Pendry is a British theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in metamaterials and the development of the concept of the perfect lens.
-
A.
Geoffrey Smith
Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
-
B.
Nigel Shadbolt
Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
-
C.
Graham Dumpleton
Graham Dumpleton is a software engineer and open-source developer best known for creating and maintaining mod_wsgi, a popular Apache module for hosting Python web applications.
-
D.
Stephen Trott
Stephen Trott is an American lawyer and former federal official who later served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
-
E.
Jeffrey Stott
Jeffrey Stott is a film producer best known for his work on the political comedy film "The American President."
- 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_69c68887a5cc8190bec0ea96227164f7 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e82ce770819081dccf7ffd50c2ab |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7adc08b688190a00024727542c8b9 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:30 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7ae661f4481908ee489023af9603b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7aef767848190b7edf7a99e2e019d |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:47 p.m.