Triple

T20251196
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shapiro E498558 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Irwin Shapiro
Irwin Shapiro is an American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in gravitational physics and for discovering the Shapiro time delay, a key test of general relativity.
E1424159 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: Irwin Shapiro | Statement: [Shapiro, hasNotableBearer, Irwin Shapiro]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irwin Shapiro
Context triple: [Shapiro, hasNotableBearer, Irwin Shapiro]
  • A. Robert Shapiro
    Robert Shapiro is a high-profile American defense attorney best known for being part of O. J. Simpson’s legal “Dream Team” during Simpson’s 1995 murder trial.
  • B. Louis Friedman
    Louis Friedman is an American astronautics engineer and space advocate best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of The Planetary Society, a major nonprofit promoting space exploration.
  • C. Alan D. Adler
    Alan D. Adler was an American chemist and sindonologist best known for his scientific analyses of the Shroud of Turin and his influential role in Shroud research.
  • D. Harris J. Turer
    Harris J. Turer is an American businessman best known for his ownership and leadership of the Milwaukee Admirals professional hockey team.
  • E. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • 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: Irwin Shapiro
Triple: [Shapiro, hasNotableBearer, Irwin Shapiro]
Generated description
Irwin Shapiro is an American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in gravitational physics and for discovering the Shapiro time delay, a key test of general relativity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irwin Shapiro
Target entity description: Irwin Shapiro is an American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in gravitational physics and for discovering the Shapiro time delay, a key test of general relativity.
  • A. Robert Shapiro
    Robert Shapiro is a high-profile American defense attorney best known for being part of O. J. Simpson’s legal “Dream Team” during Simpson’s 1995 murder trial.
  • B. Louis Friedman
    Louis Friedman is an American astronautics engineer and space advocate best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of The Planetary Society, a major nonprofit promoting space exploration.
  • C. Alan D. Adler
    Alan D. Adler was an American chemist and sindonologist best known for his scientific analyses of the Shroud of Turin and his influential role in Shroud research.
  • D. Harris J. Turer
    Harris J. Turer is an American businessman best known for his ownership and leadership of the Milwaukee Admirals professional hockey team.
  • E. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • 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_69da6274c58c81909c646eabed6f4f30 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e673a8b8488190b344df7a65f59684 completed April 20, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08610d2ea08190b40857b5444cb02c completed May 16, 2026, 12:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a086231b440819087671c5c61adcdc6 completed May 16, 2026, 12:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08635869148190992d75a8806f767c completed May 16, 2026, 12:30 p.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:41 p.m.