Triple
T20273574
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William F. Meggers Award |
E502952
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William F. Meggers
William F. Meggers was an American physicist and spectroscopist renowned for his pioneering work in atomic spectroscopy and the precise measurement of spectral lines.
|
E1422224
|
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: William F. Meggers | Statement: [William F. Meggers Award, namedAfter, William F. Meggers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William F. Meggers Context triple: [William F. Meggers Award, namedAfter, William F. Meggers]
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A.
Mahlon Kemmerer
Mahlon Kemmerer was an American industrialist and coal magnate after whom the town of Kemmerer, Wyoming, was named.
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B.
Royall T. Wheeler
Royall T. Wheeler was a prominent 19th-century Texas jurist who served as chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
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C.
Carl Blegen
Carl Blegen was an American archaeologist renowned for his influential excavations at Troy and Pylos, which significantly advanced the study of Bronze Age Greece.
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D.
Edward H. Heinemann
Edward H. Heinemann was a renowned American aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer best known for creating several iconic military aircraft for Douglas Aircraft Company, including the A-4 Skyhawk and A-26 Invader.
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E.
Louis C. Newhall
Louis C. Newhall was an American architect best known for designing Boston Garden, the historic multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 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: William F. Meggers Triple: [William F. Meggers Award, namedAfter, William F. Meggers]
Generated description
William F. Meggers was an American physicist and spectroscopist renowned for his pioneering work in atomic spectroscopy and the precise measurement of spectral lines.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William F. Meggers Target entity description: William F. Meggers was an American physicist and spectroscopist renowned for his pioneering work in atomic spectroscopy and the precise measurement of spectral lines.
-
A.
Mahlon Kemmerer
Mahlon Kemmerer was an American industrialist and coal magnate after whom the town of Kemmerer, Wyoming, was named.
-
B.
Royall T. Wheeler
Royall T. Wheeler was a prominent 19th-century Texas jurist who served as chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
-
C.
Carl Blegen
Carl Blegen was an American archaeologist renowned for his influential excavations at Troy and Pylos, which significantly advanced the study of Bronze Age Greece.
-
D.
Edward H. Heinemann
Edward H. Heinemann was a renowned American aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer best known for creating several iconic military aircraft for Douglas Aircraft Company, including the A-4 Skyhawk and A-26 Invader.
-
E.
Louis C. Newhall
Louis C. Newhall was an American architect best known for designing Boston Garden, the historic multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 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_69e0b4b0e79c8190bd61f22ef1329fa8 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e675e104f081909d17c1963a5db528 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a085a1eeed881909fdda6e5e044216e |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a085ac5b5f4819083c4d12e9cabc758 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a085bc0781c81909fc53a83291badc0 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 10:28 a.m.