Triple
T7446558
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard Becker |
E171896
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Herbert Fröhlich
Herbert Fröhlich was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for his pioneering work on superconductivity and the theory of polarons.
|
E664993
|
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: Herbert Fröhlich | Statement: [Richard Becker, notableStudent, Herbert Fröhlich]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Fröhlich Context triple: [Richard Becker, notableStudent, Herbert Fröhlich]
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A.
Alfred Landé
Alfred Landé was a German-American physicist best known for his work in quantum theory and atomic spectroscopy, including the introduction of the Landé g-factor.
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B.
Theodor Estermann
Theodor Estermann was a German-British mathematician known for his contributions to analytic number theory and his work on the distribution of prime numbers.
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C.
Arnold Sommerfeld
Arnold Sommerfeld was a pioneering German theoretical physicist whose work in atomic and quantum theory significantly shaped modern physics and influenced generations of prominent scientists.
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D.
Peter Joachim Fröhlich
Peter Joachim Fröhlich, better known as Peter Gay, was a German-born American historian and educator renowned for his influential works on the Enlightenment, the bourgeois experience, and the history of psychoanalysis.
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E.
Gerhard Herzberg
Gerhard Herzberg was a German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist renowned for his pioneering work in molecular spectroscopy, for which he received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 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: Herbert Fröhlich Triple: [Richard Becker, notableStudent, Herbert Fröhlich]
Generated description
Herbert Fröhlich was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for his pioneering work on superconductivity and the theory of polarons.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Fröhlich Target entity description: Herbert Fröhlich was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for his pioneering work on superconductivity and the theory of polarons.
-
A.
Alfred Landé
Alfred Landé was a German-American physicist best known for his work in quantum theory and atomic spectroscopy, including the introduction of the Landé g-factor.
-
B.
Theodor Estermann
Theodor Estermann was a German-British mathematician known for his contributions to analytic number theory and his work on the distribution of prime numbers.
-
C.
Arnold Sommerfeld
Arnold Sommerfeld was a pioneering German theoretical physicist whose work in atomic and quantum theory significantly shaped modern physics and influenced generations of prominent scientists.
-
D.
Peter Joachim Fröhlich
Peter Joachim Fröhlich, better known as Peter Gay, was a German-born American historian and educator renowned for his influential works on the Enlightenment, the bourgeois experience, and the history of psychoanalysis.
-
E.
Gerhard Herzberg
Gerhard Herzberg was a German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist renowned for his pioneering work in molecular spectroscopy, for which he received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 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_69c68a65402881908f7869368eb746fb |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f371be2081908feaeb9392cb65fe |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c827a6668c8190a88c6406684e7689 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c828ca24bc81909357b9f40a9004af |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8297c1de4819099acfac611a519e5 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:18 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:14 p.m.