Triple

T20906928
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George C. Schatz E514825 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object William A. Goddard III
William A. Goddard III is an American theoretical chemist known for pioneering contributions to quantum chemistry and materials modeling, including the development of widely used computational methods.
 E1456493 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 A. Goddard III | Statement: [George C. Schatz, doctoralAdvisor, William A. Goddard III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William A. Goddard III
Context triple: [George C. Schatz, doctoralAdvisor, William A. Goddard III]
  • A. George C. Schatz
    George C. Schatz is an American theoretical chemist renowned for his contributions to reaction dynamics, nanoscience, and computational chemistry.
  • B. Thomas K. Ray
    Thomas K. Ray is an American Episcopal bishop who served as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan.
  • C. Robert L. Crippen
    Robert L. Crippen is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain best known for serving as pilot on the first Space Shuttle mission and later commanding three additional shuttle flights.
  • D. Stephen J. Lippard
    Stephen J. Lippard is an American inorganic chemist renowned for his pioneering work in bioinorganic chemistry, particularly the mechanisms of platinum-based anticancer drugs and metal–DNA interactions.
  • E. Michael L. Coats
    Michael L. Coats is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and later served as director of the Johnson Space Center.
  • 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 A. Goddard III
Triple: [George C. Schatz, doctoralAdvisor, William A. Goddard III]
Generated description
William A. Goddard III is an American theoretical chemist known for pioneering contributions to quantum chemistry and materials modeling, including the development of widely used computational methods.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William A. Goddard III
Target entity description: William A. Goddard III is an American theoretical chemist known for pioneering contributions to quantum chemistry and materials modeling, including the development of widely used computational methods.
  • A. George C. Schatz
    George C. Schatz is an American theoretical chemist renowned for his contributions to reaction dynamics, nanoscience, and computational chemistry.
  • B. Thomas K. Ray
    Thomas K. Ray is an American Episcopal bishop who served as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan.
  • C. Robert L. Crippen
    Robert L. Crippen is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain best known for serving as pilot on the first Space Shuttle mission and later commanding three additional shuttle flights.
  • D. Stephen J. Lippard
    Stephen J. Lippard is an American inorganic chemist renowned for his pioneering work in bioinorganic chemistry, particularly the mechanisms of platinum-based anticancer drugs and metal–DNA interactions.
  • E. Michael L. Coats
    Michael L. Coats is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and later served as director of the Johnson Space Center.
  • 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_69e0b4f8a1108190bce3d31331290ced completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6e900ee7881909ab1046b40dca486 completed April 21, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0918da64408190948113dfe2654435 completed May 17, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09194f440c8190aac98329720aaeb7 completed May 17, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a091a1871c8819089d522e7d1dd2452 completed May 17, 2026, 1:30 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:47 p.m.