Triple
T926684
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Timoshenko Medal |
E19998
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas J. R. Hughes
Thomas J. R. Hughes is a prominent American applied mathematician and engineer renowned for his pioneering contributions to finite element methods and computational mechanics.
|
E109799
|
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: Thomas J. R. Hughes | Statement: [Timoshenko Medal, hasNotableRecipient, Thomas J. R. Hughes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas J. R. Hughes Context triple: [Timoshenko Medal, hasNotableRecipient, Thomas J. R. Hughes]
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A.
Jeff Gitelman
Jeff Gitelman is a Grammy-nominated guitarist, songwriter, and record producer known for his work with major artists across R&B, pop, and hip-hop.
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B.
J. O. Taylor
J. O. Taylor was a cinematographer active during early Hollywood who worked on the landmark 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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C.
Robert Nisbet
Robert Nisbet was a 20th-century American sociologist and conservative social theorist known for his critiques of modern individualism and the erosion of traditional communities and intermediate institutions.
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D.
Robert Fogel
Robert Fogel was a Nobel Prize–winning economic historian known for applying quantitative, Chicago School–style economic analysis to historical questions such as the economics of slavery and railroads.
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E.
Alfred W. Crosby
Alfred W. Crosby was an American environmental historian whose influential work on ecological and cultural consequences of European expansion helped establish the field of environmental history.
- 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: Thomas J. R. Hughes Triple: [Timoshenko Medal, hasNotableRecipient, Thomas J. R. Hughes]
Generated description
Thomas J. R. Hughes is a prominent American applied mathematician and engineer renowned for his pioneering contributions to finite element methods and computational mechanics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas J. R. Hughes Target entity description: Thomas J. R. Hughes is a prominent American applied mathematician and engineer renowned for his pioneering contributions to finite element methods and computational mechanics.
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A.
Jeff Gitelman
Jeff Gitelman is a Grammy-nominated guitarist, songwriter, and record producer known for his work with major artists across R&B, pop, and hip-hop.
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B.
J. O. Taylor
J. O. Taylor was a cinematographer active during early Hollywood who worked on the landmark 1933 monster film "King Kong."
-
C.
Robert Nisbet
Robert Nisbet was a 20th-century American sociologist and conservative social theorist known for his critiques of modern individualism and the erosion of traditional communities and intermediate institutions.
-
D.
Robert Fogel
Robert Fogel was a Nobel Prize–winning economic historian known for applying quantitative, Chicago School–style economic analysis to historical questions such as the economics of slavery and railroads.
-
E.
Alfred W. Crosby
Alfred W. Crosby was an American environmental historian whose influential work on ecological and cultural consequences of European expansion helped establish the field of environmental history.
- 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_69a493af3dc48190adb7263e6e445ea1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b32c5b508190a570c94a6647ba70 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7ee0becc0819089b3dadc618cf83c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 8:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7f3607c70819080c5e3e49ccc6de5 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 8:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7f3d1e97881909cbb97a8ca89c574 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 8:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.