Triple

T8832168
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Penning trap E210170 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Frans Michel Penning
Frans Michel Penning was a Dutch physicist known for his pioneering work in gas discharges and ionization phenomena, which led to key developments such as the Penning trap and Penning gauge.
E779240 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: Frans Michel Penning | Statement: [Penning trap, namedAfter, Frans Michel Penning]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frans Michel Penning
Context triple: [Penning trap, namedAfter, Frans Michel Penning]
  • A. Johannes van der Meer
    Johannes van der Meer is another name for Johannes Vermeer, the renowned 17th-century Dutch painter celebrated for his masterful use of light and intimate domestic interior scenes.
  • B. Willem Brakman
    Willem Brakman was a Dutch novelist known for his experimental, often surreal prose and significant contribution to postwar Dutch literature.
  • C. Hendrik van der Meer
    Hendrik van der Meer is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Dutch surname "van der Meer."
  • D. Jan van der Meer
    Jan van der Meer is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, typically of Dutch origin, rather than a single widely recognized public figure.
  • E. Johan de Jonge
    Johan de Jonge is a person notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname "de Jonge."
  • 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: Frans Michel Penning
Triple: [Penning trap, namedAfter, Frans Michel Penning]
Generated description
Frans Michel Penning was a Dutch physicist known for his pioneering work in gas discharges and ionization phenomena, which led to key developments such as the Penning trap and Penning gauge.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frans Michel Penning
Target entity description: Frans Michel Penning was a Dutch physicist known for his pioneering work in gas discharges and ionization phenomena, which led to key developments such as the Penning trap and Penning gauge.
  • A. Johannes van der Meer
    Johannes van der Meer is another name for Johannes Vermeer, the renowned 17th-century Dutch painter celebrated for his masterful use of light and intimate domestic interior scenes.
  • B. Willem Brakman
    Willem Brakman was a Dutch novelist known for his experimental, often surreal prose and significant contribution to postwar Dutch literature.
  • C. Hendrik van der Meer
    Hendrik van der Meer is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Dutch surname "van der Meer."
  • D. Jan van der Meer
    Jan van der Meer is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, typically of Dutch origin, rather than a single widely recognized public figure.
  • E. Johan de Jonge
    Johan de Jonge is a person notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname "de Jonge."
  • 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_69ca8365b28081909e48e45e95dfc405 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc605005788190a4df1fe317f3056a completed April 1, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d02f6e221081909a8a83f2e465b1c2 completed April 3, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0343054388190949c9b4ec2492aaf completed April 3, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0347b762c8190913dc347cde6cbb0 completed April 3, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:47 p.m.