Triple

T732023
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Max Planck Medal E14850 entity
Predicate hasRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Walter Heitler
Walter Heitler was a German theoretical physicist known for his pioneering contributions to quantum electrodynamics and the quantum theory of radiation.
E140158 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: Walter Heitler | Statement: [Max Planck Medal, hasRecipient, Walter Heitler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Heitler
Context triple: [Max Planck Medal, hasRecipient, Walter Heitler]
  • A. Fritz London
    Fritz London was a German-born theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work on superconductivity and quantum chemistry, including foundational contributions to the understanding of intermolecular forces.
  • B. Pascual Jordan
    Pascual Jordan was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, particularly through his work on matrix mechanics and canonical quantization.
  • C. Max Born
    Max Born was a German physicist and Nobel laureate who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics, particularly in the statistical interpretation of the wave function.
  • D. Wolfgang Pauli
    Wolfgang Pauli was an Austrian-Swiss theoretical physicist renowned for formulating the Pauli exclusion principle and making foundational contributions to quantum mechanics.
  • E. James Franck
    James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.
  • 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: Walter Heitler
Triple: [Max Planck Medal, hasRecipient, Walter Heitler]
Generated description
Walter Heitler was a German theoretical physicist known for his pioneering contributions to quantum electrodynamics and the quantum theory of radiation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Heitler
Target entity description: Walter Heitler was a German theoretical physicist known for his pioneering contributions to quantum electrodynamics and the quantum theory of radiation.
  • A. Fritz London
    Fritz London was a German-born theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work on superconductivity and quantum chemistry, including foundational contributions to the understanding of intermolecular forces.
  • B. Pascual Jordan
    Pascual Jordan was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, particularly through his work on matrix mechanics and canonical quantization.
  • C. Max Born
    Max Born was a German physicist and Nobel laureate who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics, particularly in the statistical interpretation of the wave function.
  • D. Wolfgang Pauli
    Wolfgang Pauli was an Austrian-Swiss theoretical physicist renowned for formulating the Pauli exclusion principle and making foundational contributions to quantum mechanics.
  • E. James Franck
    James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.
  • 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_69a4934d9930819099eed80096b0597d completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a5d5a6b48190a2c81bfc3c6faa25 completed March 1, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac82e8bd788190a20a580bae9bd94e completed March 7, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac870e762881909b8fb892a1f0c338 completed March 7, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8761ff0481908eeabcc1b10d7492 completed March 7, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.