Triple

T9564572
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frederick Thomas Trouton E230757 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object John Joly
John Joly was an Irish physicist and geologist known for his work on radioactivity, geochronology, and the development of radiotherapy techniques.
E807319 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: John Joly | Statement: [Frederick Thomas Trouton, notableStudent, John Joly]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Joly
Context triple: [Frederick Thomas Trouton, notableStudent, John Joly]
  • A. Ernest Pickering
    Ernest Pickering was a prominent fundamentalist Christian pastor, theologian, and author known for his influential writings on separatist theology and church doctrine.
  • B. Norman Lockyer
    Norman Lockyer was a British astronomer and science communicator best known for co-discovering the element helium in the solar spectrum and for founding the journal Nature.
  • C. Frederick Thomas Trouton
    Frederick Thomas Trouton was an Irish physicist best known for his work in electromagnetism and relativity-related experiments, including the Trouton–Noble experiment.
  • D. Frank Watson Dyson
    Frank Watson Dyson was a prominent British astronomer best known for his role in organizing the 1919 solar eclipse expeditions that provided one of the first major confirmations of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
  • E. Edward Alderson
    Edward Alderson is a character in the television series "Mr. Robot," known as Elliot Alderson’s late father and a key figure whose past actions and legacy deeply influence Elliot’s life and psyche.
  • 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: John Joly
Triple: [Frederick Thomas Trouton, notableStudent, John Joly]
Generated description
John Joly was an Irish physicist and geologist known for his work on radioactivity, geochronology, and the development of radiotherapy techniques.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Joly
Target entity description: John Joly was an Irish physicist and geologist known for his work on radioactivity, geochronology, and the development of radiotherapy techniques.
  • A. Ernest Pickering
    Ernest Pickering was a prominent fundamentalist Christian pastor, theologian, and author known for his influential writings on separatist theology and church doctrine.
  • B. Norman Lockyer
    Norman Lockyer was a British astronomer and science communicator best known for co-discovering the element helium in the solar spectrum and for founding the journal Nature.
  • C. Frederick Thomas Trouton
    Frederick Thomas Trouton was an Irish physicist best known for his work in electromagnetism and relativity-related experiments, including the Trouton–Noble experiment.
  • D. Frank Watson Dyson
    Frank Watson Dyson was a prominent British astronomer best known for his role in organizing the 1919 solar eclipse expeditions that provided one of the first major confirmations of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
  • E. Edward Alderson
    Edward Alderson is a character in the television series "Mr. Robot," known as Elliot Alderson’s late father and a key figure whose past actions and legacy deeply influence Elliot’s life and psyche.
  • 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_69ca847e53a88190a60eed7e02257f10 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd996a01b081908e2782f41520f73d completed April 1, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d152a56f0481908f36df2d4d1291f2 completed April 4, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d15620742481909cb17de46f1e5d1c completed April 4, 2026, 6:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d156c815fc819088239d154460102a completed April 4, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:04 p.m.