Triple
T20200866
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Acta Materialia Gold Medal |
E493212
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAwarded |
P2391
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Merton C. Flemings
Merton C. Flemings was a prominent American materials scientist and MIT professor renowned for his pioneering work in solidification processing and metal casting.
|
E1417614
|
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: Merton C. Flemings | Statement: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, Merton C. Flemings]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merton C. Flemings Context triple: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, Merton C. Flemings]
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A.
William Peyton Hubbard
William Peyton Hubbard was a pioneering Black Canadian politician and civic leader in early 20th-century Toronto, known for breaking racial barriers in municipal government.
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B.
William H. Nobles
William H. Nobles was a 19th-century American pioneer and trailblazer known for establishing overland routes in the western United States.
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C.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
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D.
David E. Lilienthal
David E. Lilienthal was an American public administrator and lawyer best known for leading major New Deal and postwar agencies, including the Tennessee Valley Authority and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
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E.
Winton C. Hoch
Winton C. Hoch was an American cinematographer renowned for his richly colored Technicolor work, including multiple collaborations with director John Ford and several Academy Award-winning films.
- 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: Merton C. Flemings Triple: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, Merton C. Flemings]
Generated description
Merton C. Flemings was a prominent American materials scientist and MIT professor renowned for his pioneering work in solidification processing and metal casting.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merton C. Flemings Target entity description: Merton C. Flemings was a prominent American materials scientist and MIT professor renowned for his pioneering work in solidification processing and metal casting.
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A.
William Peyton Hubbard
William Peyton Hubbard was a pioneering Black Canadian politician and civic leader in early 20th-century Toronto, known for breaking racial barriers in municipal government.
-
B.
William H. Nobles
William H. Nobles was a 19th-century American pioneer and trailblazer known for establishing overland routes in the western United States.
-
C.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
-
D.
David E. Lilienthal
David E. Lilienthal was an American public administrator and lawyer best known for leading major New Deal and postwar agencies, including the Tennessee Valley Authority and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
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E.
Winton C. Hoch
Winton C. Hoch was an American cinematographer renowned for his richly colored Technicolor work, including multiple collaborations with director John Ford and several Academy Award-winning films.
- 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_69da6269614c8190bb40475d9d477358 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e66d8d01648190b1b3a6e03f0258d8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0843e8cd9c8190853f116ed0e4662b |
completed | May 16, 2026, 10:16 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0844d37fc48190a73ab9d45227e7eb |
completed | May 16, 2026, 10:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a084554462081908a1b801fe1528fa0 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 10:22 a.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:37 p.m.