Triple

T7160315
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John B. Pendry E166925 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Pendry
Pendry is a surname most notably associated with Sir John B. Pendry, a British theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in metamaterials and negative refraction.
E645820 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: Pendry | Statement: [John B. Pendry, familyName, Pendry]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pendry
Context triple: [John B. Pendry, familyName, Pendry]
  • A. Pearce
    Pearce is a surname and given name of English origin, commonly considered a variant of "Pierce" and ultimately derived from the name "Peter."
  • B. Pendoylan
    Pendoylan is a rural village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, known for its historic church and picturesque countryside setting.
  • C. Ponent
    Ponent is the western region of Catalonia, Spain, centered around the city of Lleida and known for its agricultural landscapes and inland Mediterranean climate.
  • D. Shriever
    Shriever is a surname, a variant spelling of "Shriver," borne by various individuals of English-speaking origin.
  • E. Dervan
    Dervan is a surname most notably associated with American chemist Peter B. Dervan, known for his pioneering work in bioorganic chemistry and DNA recognition.
  • 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: Pendry
Triple: [John B. Pendry, familyName, Pendry]
Generated description
Pendry is a surname most notably associated with Sir John B. Pendry, a British theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in metamaterials and negative refraction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pendry
Target entity description: Pendry is a surname most notably associated with Sir John B. Pendry, a British theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in metamaterials and negative refraction.
  • A. Pearce
    Pearce is a surname and given name of English origin, commonly considered a variant of "Pierce" and ultimately derived from the name "Peter."
  • B. Pendoylan
    Pendoylan is a rural village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, known for its historic church and picturesque countryside setting.
  • C. Ponent
    Ponent is the western region of Catalonia, Spain, centered around the city of Lleida and known for its agricultural landscapes and inland Mediterranean climate.
  • D. Shriever
    Shriever is a surname, a variant spelling of "Shriver," borne by various individuals of English-speaking origin.
  • E. Dervan
    Dervan is a surname most notably associated with American chemist Peter B. Dervan, known for his pioneering work in bioorganic chemistry and DNA recognition.
  • 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.