Triple

T9952866
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Leonard Hofstadter E195370 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Alfred Hofstadter
Alfred Hofstadter is a recurring character on the TV show "The Big Bang Theory," known as Leonard Hofstadter’s estranged, emotionally distant father and an accomplished anthropologist.
E830237 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: Alfred Hofstadter | Statement: [Leonard Hofstadter, father, Alfred Hofstadter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Hofstadter
Context triple: [Leonard Hofstadter, father, Alfred Hofstadter]
  • A. Sam Bard Treiman
    Sam Bard Treiman was an influential American theoretical physicist known for his major contributions to particle physics and for mentoring several prominent physicists.
  • B. Gordon Baym
    Gordon Baym is an American theoretical physicist renowned for his influential work in many-body physics, neutron stars, and quantum statistical mechanics.
  • C. John Ziman
    John Ziman was a New Zealand-born British physicist and influential philosopher of science known for his work in condensed matter physics and his writings on the social dimensions of scientific research.
  • D. Ralph Ginzburg
    Ralph Ginzburg was an American publisher, editor, and writer known for his provocative magazines and for being at the center of landmark U.S. obscenity and free speech court cases in the 1960s.
  • E. Herman Feshbach
    Herman Feshbach was an influential American theoretical physicist known for his work in nuclear physics and his long association with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • 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: Alfred Hofstadter
Triple: [Leonard Hofstadter, father, Alfred Hofstadter]
Generated description
Alfred Hofstadter is a recurring character on the TV show "The Big Bang Theory," known as Leonard Hofstadter’s estranged, emotionally distant father and an accomplished anthropologist.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Hofstadter
Target entity description: Alfred Hofstadter is a recurring character on the TV show "The Big Bang Theory," known as Leonard Hofstadter’s estranged, emotionally distant father and an accomplished anthropologist.
  • A. Sam Bard Treiman
    Sam Bard Treiman was an influential American theoretical physicist known for his major contributions to particle physics and for mentoring several prominent physicists.
  • B. Gordon Baym
    Gordon Baym is an American theoretical physicist renowned for his influential work in many-body physics, neutron stars, and quantum statistical mechanics.
  • C. John Ziman
    John Ziman was a New Zealand-born British physicist and influential philosopher of science known for his work in condensed matter physics and his writings on the social dimensions of scientific research.
  • D. Ralph Ginzburg
    Ralph Ginzburg was an American publisher, editor, and writer known for his provocative magazines and for being at the center of landmark U.S. obscenity and free speech court cases in the 1960s.
  • E. Herman Feshbach
    Herman Feshbach was an influential American theoretical physicist known for his work in nuclear physics and his long association with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • 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_69ca82e96a108190932bd1fc4acd73a0 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb693918081908e9f96ef302235ad completed April 2, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2293dc93881908aff4cb3640c0edf completed April 5, 2026, 9:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d229b3b200819083aa90f64eaec9e8 completed April 5, 2026, 9:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d22a2d14fc8190b2493ce571811d43 completed April 5, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:46 p.m.