Triple

T19319179
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ludwig Prandtl E483173 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Hermann Schlichting
Hermann Schlichting was a German engineer and aerodynamicist renowned for his foundational work on boundary-layer theory and his influential textbook "Boundary-Layer Theory."
E1371353 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: Hermann Schlichting | Statement: [Ludwig Prandtl, influenced, Hermann Schlichting]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermann Schlichting
Context triple: [Ludwig Prandtl, influenced, Hermann Schlichting]
  • A. Ludwig Prandtl
    Ludwig Prandtl was a pioneering German physicist and engineer known as the father of modern aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, particularly for his development of boundary layer theory.
  • B. Philip G. Saffman
    Philip G. Saffman was a prominent British-American applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist known for his influential work on vortex dynamics and the theory of turbulence.
  • C. Herbert Busemann
    Herbert Busemann was a German-American mathematician known for his influential work in geometry, particularly convex and metric geometry, and for his contributions to the axiomatic foundations of geometry.
  • D. August Föppl
    August Föppl was a German engineer and physicist known for his influential work in applied mechanics and for authoring foundational textbooks that shaped modern structural and theoretical mechanics.
  • E. Joseph Keller
    Joseph Keller was an influential American applied mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in wave propagation, asymptotic analysis, and the development of the geometrical theory of diffraction.
  • 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: Hermann Schlichting
Triple: [Ludwig Prandtl, influenced, Hermann Schlichting]
Generated description
Hermann Schlichting was a German engineer and aerodynamicist renowned for his foundational work on boundary-layer theory and his influential textbook "Boundary-Layer Theory."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermann Schlichting
Target entity description: Hermann Schlichting was a German engineer and aerodynamicist renowned for his foundational work on boundary-layer theory and his influential textbook "Boundary-Layer Theory."
  • A. Ludwig Prandtl
    Ludwig Prandtl was a pioneering German physicist and engineer known as the father of modern aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, particularly for his development of boundary layer theory.
  • B. Philip G. Saffman
    Philip G. Saffman was a prominent British-American applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist known for his influential work on vortex dynamics and the theory of turbulence.
  • C. Herbert Busemann
    Herbert Busemann was a German-American mathematician known for his influential work in geometry, particularly convex and metric geometry, and for his contributions to the axiomatic foundations of geometry.
  • D. August Föppl
    August Föppl was a German engineer and physicist known for his influential work in applied mechanics and for authoring foundational textbooks that shaped modern structural and theoretical mechanics.
  • E. Joseph Keller
    Joseph Keller was an influential American applied mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in wave propagation, asymptotic analysis, and the development of the geometrical theory of diffraction.
  • 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_69d8e8d13e3c81909d91d1d5ec37c095 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e60d868dd48190b1439a5f4ff58c48 completed April 20, 2026, 11:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a071bd8090881908fed92a3b6b02f6d completed May 15, 2026, 1:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a071f9990fc819084b0ea1fdfe0ac51 completed May 15, 2026, 1:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07200bae248190bc95a13445d5a15e completed May 15, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:32 p.m.