Triple

T19510297
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hans W. Liepmann E488132 entity
Predicate academicAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Walter Tollmien
Walter Tollmien was a German physicist and aerodynamicist renowned for his pioneering work on boundary-layer theory and the prediction of Tollmien–Schlichting waves in fluid dynamics.
E1387858 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: Walter Tollmien | Statement: [Hans W. Liepmann, academicAdvisor, Walter Tollmien]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Tollmien
Context triple: [Hans W. Liepmann, academicAdvisor, Walter Tollmien]
  • A. Theodore von Kármán
    Theodore von Kármán was a pioneering Hungarian-American aerospace engineer and physicist whose work in aerodynamics and fluid mechanics fundamentally shaped modern aviation and spaceflight.
  • B. Hans W. Liepmann
    Hans W. Liepmann was a prominent German-American engineer and physicist known for his influential work in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics at the California Institute of Technology.
  • C. Walter Stern
    Walter Stern is a British music video director renowned for his dark, visually striking work with artists such as The Prodigy, Massive Attack, and Blur.
  • D. Robert B. C. Noorduyn
    Robert B. C. Noorduyn was a Dutch-Canadian aircraft designer and aviation pioneer best known for creating rugged bush planes that were instrumental in opening up remote regions of Canada.
  • E. Warner T. Koiter
    Warner T. Koiter was a Dutch mechanical engineer and applied mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to the theory of elastic stability and shell structures.
  • 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: Walter Tollmien
Triple: [Hans W. Liepmann, academicAdvisor, Walter Tollmien]
Generated description
Walter Tollmien was a German physicist and aerodynamicist renowned for his pioneering work on boundary-layer theory and the prediction of Tollmien–Schlichting waves in fluid dynamics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Tollmien
Target entity description: Walter Tollmien was a German physicist and aerodynamicist renowned for his pioneering work on boundary-layer theory and the prediction of Tollmien–Schlichting waves in fluid dynamics.
  • A. Theodore von Kármán
    Theodore von Kármán was a pioneering Hungarian-American aerospace engineer and physicist whose work in aerodynamics and fluid mechanics fundamentally shaped modern aviation and spaceflight.
  • B. Hans W. Liepmann
    Hans W. Liepmann was a prominent German-American engineer and physicist known for his influential work in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics at the California Institute of Technology.
  • C. Walter Stern
    Walter Stern is a British music video director renowned for his dark, visually striking work with artists such as The Prodigy, Massive Attack, and Blur.
  • D. Robert B. C. Noorduyn
    Robert B. C. Noorduyn was a Dutch-Canadian aircraft designer and aviation pioneer best known for creating rugged bush planes that were instrumental in opening up remote regions of Canada.
  • E. Warner T. Koiter
    Warner T. Koiter was a Dutch mechanical engineer and applied mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to the theory of elastic stability and shell structures.
  • 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_69d8e8d9d1c88190b01cd78b8be49384 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6351547e481909a875bba40651094 completed April 20, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a077ed3473c8190a506642244eb2987 completed May 15, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a077f87d96c8190a8d9ee82e84be1f2 completed May 15, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07816f54408190b6458ed0d17f9b60 completed May 15, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:40 p.m.