Triple

T17386085
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William K. Wootters E422689 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Benjamin Schumacher
Benjamin Schumacher is an American physicist and one of the founders of quantum information theory, best known for introducing the concept of quantum data compression, often called "Schumacher compression."
E1266001 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: Benjamin Schumacher | Statement: [William K. Wootters, coAuthor, Benjamin Schumacher]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Schumacher
Context triple: [William K. Wootters, coAuthor, Benjamin Schumacher]
  • A. Michael Lehmann
    Michael Lehmann is an American film and television director best known for the dark comedy "Heathers" and various other Hollywood comedies.
  • B. David Schmaier
    David Schmaier is a technology executive and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Siebel Systems, a pioneering customer relationship management (CRM) software company.
  • C. Michael Engelhart
    Michael Engelhart was an architect known for his role in the post-war reconstruction of Vienna’s historic Burgtheater.
  • D. Michael Eckert
    Michael Eckert is a German historian of science known for his research on the history of physics, particularly fluid dynamics and the work of Ludwig Prandtl.
  • E. Bruno Wechner
    Bruno Wechner was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate who became the inaugural bishop of the Diocese of Feldkirch.
  • 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: Benjamin Schumacher
Triple: [William K. Wootters, coAuthor, Benjamin Schumacher]
Generated description
Benjamin Schumacher is an American physicist and one of the founders of quantum information theory, best known for introducing the concept of quantum data compression, often called "Schumacher compression."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Schumacher
Target entity description: Benjamin Schumacher is an American physicist and one of the founders of quantum information theory, best known for introducing the concept of quantum data compression, often called "Schumacher compression."
  • A. Michael Lehmann
    Michael Lehmann is an American film and television director best known for the dark comedy "Heathers" and various other Hollywood comedies.
  • B. David Schmaier
    David Schmaier is a technology executive and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Siebel Systems, a pioneering customer relationship management (CRM) software company.
  • C. Michael Engelhart
    Michael Engelhart was an architect known for his role in the post-war reconstruction of Vienna’s historic Burgtheater.
  • D. Michael Eckert
    Michael Eckert is a German historian of science known for his research on the history of physics, particularly fluid dynamics and the work of Ludwig Prandtl.
  • E. Bruno Wechner
    Bruno Wechner was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate who became the inaugural bishop of the Diocese of Feldkirch.
  • 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_69d889d710288190bf0f4762801fefae completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e43a89c5008190a277a68e5cfe67b7 completed April 19, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a019ff95e7c81909564abc3fe319611 completed May 11, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01a0c2f1108190b3cdabdcd3da7253 completed May 11, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01a14aeab881908abf4ec28164ba84 completed May 11, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:45 a.m.