Triple
T915885
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles K. Kao |
E19769
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Charles Kuen Kao |
E19769
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Charles Kuen Kao | Statement: [Charles K. Kao, fullName, Charles Kuen Kao]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Kuen Kao Context triple: [Charles K. Kao, fullName, Charles Kuen Kao]
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A.
Yuan T. Lee
Yuan T. Lee is a Taiwanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical reaction dynamics.
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B.
Charles K. Kao
chosen
Charles K. Kao was a pioneering physicist and electrical engineer known as the "father of fiber optics" for his groundbreaking work enabling high-speed optical fiber communications.
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C.
Yu-Chi Ho
Yu-Chi Ho is a prominent control theorist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to optimal control, dynamic systems, and game theory.
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D.
Melvin Wydler
Melvin Wydler was a U.S. Congressman whose legislative work on technology and innovation policy led to a federal law being named in his honor.
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E.
Charles C. Tan
Charles C. Tan was a notable benefactor and alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley, for whom the university’s chemical engineering building, Tan Hall, is named.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4939f91a08190ba68c2c81eab90fe |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b2f789108190815fd1efbd6cc24f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7cf6062e48190ad7efca6da7d0445 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 6:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.