Triple

T7330980
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cottrell equation E168996 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Frederick Gardner Cottrell
Frederick Gardner Cottrell was an American physical chemist and inventor best known for developing the electrostatic precipitator and for founding the Research Corporation to support scientific research.
E656453 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: Frederick Gardner Cottrell | Statement: [Cottrell equation, namedAfter, Frederick Gardner Cottrell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Gardner Cottrell
Context triple: [Cottrell equation, namedAfter, Frederick Gardner Cottrell]
  • A. Edward Goodrich Acheson
    Edward Goodrich Acheson was an American chemist and inventor best known for developing silicon carbide (carborundum) and pioneering its industrial production.
  • B. Henry D. Paschen
    Henry D. Paschen was an American construction executive best known as the husband of pioneering Native American ballerina Maria Tallchief.
  • C. Charles Victor Hall
    Charles Victor Hall was an individual notable enough in life or local history to be recognized among the distinguished burials at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles.
  • D. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • E. Charles Francis Jenkins
    Charles Francis Jenkins was an American pioneer of early cinema and television technology, known for his groundbreaking work in motion picture projection and experimental broadcasting.
  • 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: Frederick Gardner Cottrell
Triple: [Cottrell equation, namedAfter, Frederick Gardner Cottrell]
Generated description
Frederick Gardner Cottrell was an American physical chemist and inventor best known for developing the electrostatic precipitator and for founding the Research Corporation to support scientific research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Gardner Cottrell
Target entity description: Frederick Gardner Cottrell was an American physical chemist and inventor best known for developing the electrostatic precipitator and for founding the Research Corporation to support scientific research.
  • A. Edward Goodrich Acheson
    Edward Goodrich Acheson was an American chemist and inventor best known for developing silicon carbide (carborundum) and pioneering its industrial production.
  • B. Henry D. Paschen
    Henry D. Paschen was an American construction executive best known as the husband of pioneering Native American ballerina Maria Tallchief.
  • C. Charles Victor Hall
    Charles Victor Hall was an individual notable enough in life or local history to be recognized among the distinguished burials at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles.
  • D. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • E. Charles Francis Jenkins
    Charles Francis Jenkins was an American pioneer of early cinema and television technology, known for his groundbreaking work in motion picture projection and experimental broadcasting.
  • 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_69c68a568a6481908f11e20db7bc8446 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f0ab0b1881909f8f086b81fdddb7 completed March 27, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7ef16f35881909fffba1df072f0d6 completed March 28, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7ef9665748190bddc45f234af7a7b completed March 28, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7f02f95508190a7b323f3f94e4a0f completed March 28, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:03 p.m.