Triple

T9016444
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Nuclear Society E215604 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Walter H. Zinn
Walter H. Zinn was a pioneering nuclear physicist and reactor designer who played a key role in the development of the first nuclear reactors and the early U.S. nuclear program.
 E774161 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: Walter H. Zinn | Statement: [American Nuclear Society, foundedBy, Walter H. Zinn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter H. Zinn
Context triple: [American Nuclear Society, foundedBy, Walter H. Zinn]
  • A. Walter J. Zable
    Walter J. Zable was an American businessman, engineer, and former college football star best known as the longtime CEO and driving force behind the growth of defense and technology firm Cubic Corporation.
  • B. Thomas S. Eisenstadt
    Thomas S. Eisenstadt was the sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, best known for his role as the named petitioner in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court contraception case Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972).
  • C. Neil A. Machlis
    Neil A. Machlis is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the classic road-trip film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
  • D. Edward A. Ross
    Edward A. Ross was an American sociologist and progressive-era reformer known for pioneering work in social control theory and for helping establish sociology as an academic discipline in the United States.
  • E. John W. Blum
    John W. Blum is a screenwriter best known for his work on the comedy film "The Man from the Diners' Club."
  • 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: Walter H. Zinn
Triple: [American Nuclear Society, foundedBy, Walter H. Zinn]
Generated description
Walter H. Zinn was a pioneering nuclear physicist and reactor designer who played a key role in the development of the first nuclear reactors and the early U.S. nuclear program.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter H. Zinn
Target entity description: Walter H. Zinn was a pioneering nuclear physicist and reactor designer who played a key role in the development of the first nuclear reactors and the early U.S. nuclear program.
  • A. Walter J. Zable
    Walter J. Zable was an American businessman, engineer, and former college football star best known as the longtime CEO and driving force behind the growth of defense and technology firm Cubic Corporation.
  • B. Thomas S. Eisenstadt
    Thomas S. Eisenstadt was the sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, best known for his role as the named petitioner in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court contraception case Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972).
  • C. Neil A. Machlis
    Neil A. Machlis is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the classic road-trip film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
  • D. Edward A. Ross
    Edward A. Ross was an American sociologist and progressive-era reformer known for pioneering work in social control theory and for helping establish sociology as an academic discipline in the United States.
  • E. John W. Blum
    John W. Blum is a screenwriter best known for his work on the comedy film "The Man from the Diners' Club."
  • 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_69ca83a38aa88190bf1bb80c4548b5e2 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc69fd2a888190a20bf18cd226a180 completed April 1, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfeb7117c48190a9dca7bbdabe9e3d completed April 3, 2026, 4:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfed0af5a8819096223cb8c928296b completed April 3, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfed7322c48190b82599e63abd523a completed April 3, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:06 p.m.