Triple

T8997724
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Douglas Hofstadter E214960 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Albert Overhauser
Albert Overhauser was an American physicist best known for predicting the Overhauser effect, a fundamental phenomenon in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
E771365 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: Albert Overhauser | Statement: [Douglas Hofstadter, doctoralAdvisor, Albert Overhauser]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albert Overhauser
Context triple: [Douglas Hofstadter, doctoralAdvisor, Albert Overhauser]
  • A. Albert Benitz
    Albert Benitz was a German cinematographer known for his work on numerous films during the early to mid-20th century, including projects associated with Leni Riefenstahl.
  • B. Michael Bostick
    Michael Bostick is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood comedies and family films, including the hit movie "Bruce Almighty."
  • C. John Beeman
    John Beeman was an early Texas settler associated with the pioneering families connected to John Neely Bryan, the founder of Dallas.
  • D. Robert Hohman
    Robert Hohman is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Glassdoor, a popular platform for anonymous employee reviews and salary information.
  • E. Clyde Klotz
    Clyde Klotz is a Canadian television art director and production designer best known for his work on series such as "The X-Files."
  • 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: Albert Overhauser
Triple: [Douglas Hofstadter, doctoralAdvisor, Albert Overhauser]
Generated description
Albert Overhauser was an American physicist best known for predicting the Overhauser effect, a fundamental phenomenon in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albert Overhauser
Target entity description: Albert Overhauser was an American physicist best known for predicting the Overhauser effect, a fundamental phenomenon in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
  • A. Albert Benitz
    Albert Benitz was a German cinematographer known for his work on numerous films during the early to mid-20th century, including projects associated with Leni Riefenstahl.
  • B. Michael Bostick
    Michael Bostick is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood comedies and family films, including the hit movie "Bruce Almighty."
  • C. John Beeman
    John Beeman was an early Texas settler associated with the pioneering families connected to John Neely Bryan, the founder of Dallas.
  • D. Robert Hohman
    Robert Hohman is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Glassdoor, a popular platform for anonymous employee reviews and salary information.
  • E. Clyde Klotz
    Clyde Klotz is a Canadian television art director and production designer best known for his work on series such as "The X-Files."
  • 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_69ca83a05c608190bdfdbdb25e994b39 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc68e0d3588190bdab0e2b86b09228 completed April 1, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfd0d586c881909090b424f6fd036f completed April 3, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfd15c82208190adc11bc6ab1b959b completed April 3, 2026, 2:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfd1eb7f588190a7b7a4ccb48a51d9 completed April 3, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:05 p.m.