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]
  • 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
  • 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.