Triple
T7490027
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hafele–Keating experiment |
E176981
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joseph C. Hafele
Joseph C. Hafele is an American physicist best known for co-conducting the Hafele–Keating experiment that tested time dilation using atomic clocks on circumnavigating airplanes.
|
E669199
|
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: Joseph C. Hafele | Statement: [Hafele–Keating experiment, namedAfter, Joseph C. Hafele]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph C. Hafele Context triple: [Hafele–Keating experiment, namedAfter, Joseph C. Hafele]
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A.
Arthur A. Shurcliff
Arthur A. Shurcliff was a prominent early 20th-century American landscape architect known for his work on major estates and historic restoration projects, including significant contributions to Colonial Revival design.
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B.
James A. Van Allen
James A. Van Allen was an American space scientist best known for discovering the Earth's radiation belts, now called the Van Allen belts, and for his pioneering work in early space exploration missions.
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C.
Clayton C. Anderson
Clayton C. Anderson is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer who spent time aboard the International Space Station and flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
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D.
Edwin F. Taylor
Edwin F. Taylor is an American physicist and educator best known for his influential textbooks and popularizations of special and general relativity.
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E.
George E. Smith
George E. Smith is an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the charge-coupled device (CCD), a technology fundamental to digital imaging.
- 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: Joseph C. Hafele Triple: [Hafele–Keating experiment, namedAfter, Joseph C. Hafele]
Generated description
Joseph C. Hafele is an American physicist best known for co-conducting the Hafele–Keating experiment that tested time dilation using atomic clocks on circumnavigating airplanes.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph C. Hafele Target entity description: Joseph C. Hafele is an American physicist best known for co-conducting the Hafele–Keating experiment that tested time dilation using atomic clocks on circumnavigating airplanes.
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A.
Arthur A. Shurcliff
Arthur A. Shurcliff was a prominent early 20th-century American landscape architect known for his work on major estates and historic restoration projects, including significant contributions to Colonial Revival design.
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B.
James A. Van Allen
James A. Van Allen was an American space scientist best known for discovering the Earth's radiation belts, now called the Van Allen belts, and for his pioneering work in early space exploration missions.
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C.
Clayton C. Anderson
Clayton C. Anderson is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer who spent time aboard the International Space Station and flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
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D.
Edwin F. Taylor
Edwin F. Taylor is an American physicist and educator best known for his influential textbooks and popularizations of special and general relativity.
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E.
George E. Smith
George E. Smith is an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the charge-coupled device (CCD), a technology fundamental to digital imaging.
- 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_69c69f2583808190bd1a4936c42a5815 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f55bdb3481908653b46eafba011d |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c83c71f5748190bdda4cf9b8dfc6ea |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c83e7b2ab08190a5ecb9b87af067a5 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c842bad1e8819093bf61d9480dbd22 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:43 p.m.