Triple

T11167042
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Bowie Medal E264185 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object C. L. Pekeris
C. L. Pekeris was a prominent mathematician and geophysicist known for his contributions to seismology, ocean acoustics, and computational physics.
 E908719 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: C. L. Pekeris | Statement: [William Bowie Medal, notableRecipient, C. L. Pekeris]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: C. L. Pekeris
Context triple: [William Bowie Medal, notableRecipient, C. L. Pekeris]
  • A. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • B. Frank Press
    Frank Press was an American geophysicist and science advisor who served as president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and made major contributions to seismology and public science policy.
  • C. Friedrich Karl Richtmyer
    Friedrich Karl Richtmyer was an American physicist and educator known for his influential textbooks and contributions to the teaching of modern physics.
  • D. James Serrin
    James Serrin was an American mathematician renowned for his contributions to partial differential equations and fluid mechanics.
  • E. John J. Pierce
    John J. Pierce is an American science fiction editor and critic known for his influential work in genre magazines and scholarship.
  • 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: C. L. Pekeris
Triple: [William Bowie Medal, notableRecipient, C. L. Pekeris]
Generated description
C. L. Pekeris was a prominent mathematician and geophysicist known for his contributions to seismology, ocean acoustics, and computational physics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: C. L. Pekeris
Target entity description: C. L. Pekeris was a prominent mathematician and geophysicist known for his contributions to seismology, ocean acoustics, and computational physics.
  • A. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • B. Frank Press
    Frank Press was an American geophysicist and science advisor who served as president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and made major contributions to seismology and public science policy.
  • C. Friedrich Karl Richtmyer
    Friedrich Karl Richtmyer was an American physicist and educator known for his influential textbooks and contributions to the teaching of modern physics.
  • D. James Serrin
    James Serrin was an American mathematician renowned for his contributions to partial differential equations and fluid mechanics.
  • E. John J. Pierce
    John J. Pierce is an American science fiction editor and critic known for his influential work in genre magazines and scholarship.
  • 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_69d6aa9dafac8190bd90d2c74f661aa7 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e88843cc81909e503f0921c6d297 completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e463945e40819087c6bdbc322a6d54 completed April 19, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e46c37efec81908aa709587c37569d completed April 19, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e47292cdd08190b05c4c8b09f4f918 completed April 19, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.