Triple
T926690
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Timoshenko Medal |
E19998
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Zdeněk P. Bažant
Zdeněk P. Bažant is a renowned Czech-American engineer and scientist known for his pioneering contributions to solid mechanics, structural engineering, and the mechanics of quasibrittle materials.
|
E111539
|
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: Zdeněk P. Bažant | Statement: [Timoshenko Medal, hasNotableRecipient, Zdeněk P. Bažant]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zdeněk P. Bažant Context triple: [Timoshenko Medal, hasNotableRecipient, Zdeněk P. Bažant]
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A.
Ted Belytschko
Ted Belytschko was a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his pioneering contributions to computational mechanics and finite element methods.
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B.
Stephen Timoshenko
Stephen Timoshenko was a pioneering Ukrainian-American engineer and educator widely regarded as the father of modern engineering mechanics and strength of materials.
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C.
Hans Reissner
Hans Reissner was a German engineer and physicist known for his contributions to aerodynamics and general relativity, including work that led to the formulation of the Reissner–Nordström solution describing charged black holes.
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D.
Andrea Prosperetti
Andrea Prosperetti is a prominent physicist and engineer renowned for his pioneering contributions to fluid dynamics, particularly in multiphase flows and bubble dynamics.
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E.
Ven Te Chow
Ven Te Chow was a prominent Chinese-American hydrologist and civil engineer renowned for his foundational contributions to modern hydrology and water resources engineering.
- 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: Zdeněk P. Bažant Triple: [Timoshenko Medal, hasNotableRecipient, Zdeněk P. Bažant]
Generated description
Zdeněk P. Bažant is a renowned Czech-American engineer and scientist known for his pioneering contributions to solid mechanics, structural engineering, and the mechanics of quasibrittle materials.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zdeněk P. Bažant Target entity description: Zdeněk P. Bažant is a renowned Czech-American engineer and scientist known for his pioneering contributions to solid mechanics, structural engineering, and the mechanics of quasibrittle materials.
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A.
Ted Belytschko
Ted Belytschko was a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his pioneering contributions to computational mechanics and finite element methods.
-
B.
Stephen Timoshenko
Stephen Timoshenko was a pioneering Ukrainian-American engineer and educator widely regarded as the father of modern engineering mechanics and strength of materials.
-
C.
Hans Reissner
Hans Reissner was a German engineer and physicist known for his contributions to aerodynamics and general relativity, including work that led to the formulation of the Reissner–Nordström solution describing charged black holes.
-
D.
Andrea Prosperetti
Andrea Prosperetti is a prominent physicist and engineer renowned for his pioneering contributions to fluid dynamics, particularly in multiphase flows and bubble dynamics.
-
E.
Ven Te Chow
Ven Te Chow was a prominent Chinese-American hydrologist and civil engineer renowned for his foundational contributions to modern hydrology and water resources engineering.
- 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_69a826dc111881908f4e2a0914eb2202 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a84d39b3b881909ba8d1c4a4757ede |
completed | March 4, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a84dbeef6c81908dd6593722dfb52b |
completed | March 4, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.