Triple
T21174766
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bryce DeWitt |
E521781
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Steven Carlip
Steven Carlip is an American theoretical physicist known for his work on quantum gravity and the physics of black holes.
|
E1470176
|
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: Steven Carlip | Statement: [Bryce DeWitt, notableStudent, Steven Carlip]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steven Carlip Context triple: [Bryce DeWitt, notableStudent, Steven Carlip]
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A.
John A. Smolin
John A. Smolin is a physicist known for his contributions to quantum information theory and quantum computing, often in collaboration with Charles H. Bennett.
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B.
Lee Smolin
Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist known for his foundational work on loop quantum gravity and his influential writings on the nature of space, time, and cosmology.
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C.
Jay Beckenstein
Jay Beckenstein is an American saxophonist and composer best known as the co-founder and leader of the jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra.
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D.
Rafael Bousso
Rafael Bousso is a theoretical physicist known for his work on quantum gravity, the holographic principle, and the Bousso entropy bound in cosmology and black hole physics.
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E.
Bryce DeWitt
Bryce DeWitt was an American theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in quantum gravity and the formulation of the Wheeler–DeWitt equation.
- 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: Steven Carlip Triple: [Bryce DeWitt, notableStudent, Steven Carlip]
Generated description
Steven Carlip is an American theoretical physicist known for his work on quantum gravity and the physics of black holes.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steven Carlip Target entity description: Steven Carlip is an American theoretical physicist known for his work on quantum gravity and the physics of black holes.
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A.
John A. Smolin
John A. Smolin is a physicist known for his contributions to quantum information theory and quantum computing, often in collaboration with Charles H. Bennett.
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B.
Lee Smolin
Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist known for his foundational work on loop quantum gravity and his influential writings on the nature of space, time, and cosmology.
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C.
Jay Beckenstein
Jay Beckenstein is an American saxophonist and composer best known as the co-founder and leader of the jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra.
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D.
Rafael Bousso
Rafael Bousso is a theoretical physicist known for his work on quantum gravity, the holographic principle, and the Bousso entropy bound in cosmology and black hole physics.
-
E.
Bryce DeWitt
Bryce DeWitt was an American theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in quantum gravity and the formulation of the Wheeler–DeWitt equation.
- 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_69e0b50e30748190b186824a206d39b9 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7271597288190b04baff9ca8d866c |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a09757599708190b03ebb61a54b0c2a |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a097664811c81908e9bb1dfcf88b042 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0978130b1481909e7a7c7a43f82c15 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 8:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3 p.m.