Triple
T8096161
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald F. Othmer |
E188991
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Othmer
Othmer is a surname most prominently associated with American chemical engineer and educator Donald F. Othmer, known for co-editing the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.
|
E709053
|
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: Othmer | Statement: [Donald F. Othmer, familyName, Othmer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Othmer Context triple: [Donald F. Othmer, familyName, Othmer]
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A.
Hufstedler
Hufstedler is the surname of Shirley Hufstedler, a prominent American judge and the first U.S. Secretary of Education.
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B.
Othmar
Othmar is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, notably borne by the Swiss-American civil engineer Othmar Ammann.
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C.
Bridgman
Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
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D.
Kalmus
Kalmus is a surname most notably associated with Herbert Kalmus, the co-founder of the pioneering color motion picture company Technicolor.
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E.
E. Hoffmeister
E. Hoffmeister was a music publisher active in the classical era, known for issuing works by prominent composers such as Beethoven.
- 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: Othmer Triple: [Donald F. Othmer, familyName, Othmer]
Generated description
Othmer is a surname most prominently associated with American chemical engineer and educator Donald F. Othmer, known for co-editing the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Othmer Target entity description: Othmer is a surname most prominently associated with American chemical engineer and educator Donald F. Othmer, known for co-editing the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.
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A.
Hufstedler
Hufstedler is the surname of Shirley Hufstedler, a prominent American judge and the first U.S. Secretary of Education.
-
B.
Othmar
Othmar is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, notably borne by the Swiss-American civil engineer Othmar Ammann.
-
C.
Bridgman
Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
-
D.
Kalmus
Kalmus is a surname most notably associated with Herbert Kalmus, the co-founder of the pioneering color motion picture company Technicolor.
-
E.
E. Hoffmeister
E. Hoffmeister was a music publisher active in the classical era, known for issuing works by prominent composers such as Beethoven.
- 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_69ca82b886d88190a9cba0d5a4a27521 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb4291f1d4819098985ac2b20b6c75 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc6414ca048190ac0e644b2c399bfb |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc651eecf481909bf0ea90001c83f3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc664d69a08190b92e34a0e1de48a7 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:30 p.m.