Triple
T7593355
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | President of the American Physical Society |
E179793
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHolder |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert L. Byer
Robert L. Byer is an American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in laser science and nonlinear optics.
|
E674706
|
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: Robert L. Byer | Statement: [President of the American Physical Society, officeHolder, Robert L. Byer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert L. Byer Context triple: [President of the American Physical Society, officeHolder, Robert L. Byer]
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A.
Federico Capasso
Federico Capasso is an Italian-American physicist renowned for pioneering work in quantum electronics and nanophotonics, including the invention of the quantum cascade laser.
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B.
Roy Glauber
Roy Glauber was an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in quantum optics and the quantum theory of optical coherence.
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C.
Carl E. Wieman
Carl E. Wieman is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in Bose–Einstein condensation and contributions to physics education.
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D.
William D. Phillips
William D. Phillips is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in laser cooling and trapping of atoms.
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E.
Eli Yablonovitch
Eli Yablonovitch is an American physicist and engineer renowned as a pioneer of photonic crystals and a leading figure in the field of photonics and optoelectronics.
- 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: Robert L. Byer Triple: [President of the American Physical Society, officeHolder, Robert L. Byer]
Generated description
Robert L. Byer is an American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in laser science and nonlinear optics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert L. Byer Target entity description: Robert L. Byer is an American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in laser science and nonlinear optics.
-
A.
Federico Capasso
Federico Capasso is an Italian-American physicist renowned for pioneering work in quantum electronics and nanophotonics, including the invention of the quantum cascade laser.
-
B.
Roy Glauber
Roy Glauber was an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in quantum optics and the quantum theory of optical coherence.
-
C.
Carl E. Wieman
Carl E. Wieman is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in Bose–Einstein condensation and contributions to physics education.
-
D.
William D. Phillips
William D. Phillips is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in laser cooling and trapping of atoms.
-
E.
Eli Yablonovitch
Eli Yablonovitch is an American physicist and engineer renowned as a pioneer of photonic crystals and a leading figure in the field of photonics and optoelectronics.
- 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_69c69f3487ec8190bf7acdf2dd91e6d6 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f9bab3a08190a2c36b2c72a1de25 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c86197fe0881908307a411cabdca7f |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c86223bfec8190b47f840e39c9a51a |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c862bb95e881909a60608a5279238d |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:53 p.m.