Triple
T21548269
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alan J. Heeger |
E531688
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Heeger
Heeger is the surname of Alan J. Heeger, an American physicist and Nobel laureate known for his work on conductive polymers.
|
E1490509
|
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: Heeger | Statement: [Alan J. Heeger, familyName, Heeger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heeger Context triple: [Alan J. Heeger, familyName, Heeger]
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A.
Henniez
Henniez is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, best known for its natural mineral water brand of the same name.
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B.
Hennenman
Hennenman is a small town in South Africa’s Free State province, situated within the Lejweleputswa District and known historically for its links to the regional mining and agricultural economy.
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C.
Hessel
Hessel is a surname most notably associated with Stéphane Hessel, the French diplomat, writer, and former Resistance fighter who inspired the Indignados movement.
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D.
Kehler
Kehler is a German-origin surname borne by various individuals, including American Air Force general C. Robert Kehler.
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E.
Hirschberg
Hirschberg is a hill in Germany’s Siebengebirge range, known for its forested slopes and hiking trails within this volcanic low-mountain landscape.
- 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: Heeger Triple: [Alan J. Heeger, familyName, Heeger]
Generated description
Heeger is the surname of Alan J. Heeger, an American physicist and Nobel laureate known for his work on conductive polymers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heeger Target entity description: Heeger is the surname of Alan J. Heeger, an American physicist and Nobel laureate known for his work on conductive polymers.
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A.
Henniez
Henniez is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, best known for its natural mineral water brand of the same name.
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B.
Hennenman
Hennenman is a small town in South Africa’s Free State province, situated within the Lejweleputswa District and known historically for its links to the regional mining and agricultural economy.
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C.
Hessel
Hessel is a surname most notably associated with Stéphane Hessel, the French diplomat, writer, and former Resistance fighter who inspired the Indignados movement.
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D.
Kehler
Kehler is a German-origin surname borne by various individuals, including American Air Force general C. Robert Kehler.
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E.
Hirschberg
Hirschberg is the former German name for the city now known as Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland, a historic town in the Lower Silesia region.
- 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_69e0c45f17148190949c330ab9c27706 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69eeb590bb0881908cd849096696db10 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 1:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a09eedf8e888190953f55c2e4f6b021 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 4:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a09f198f9448190912060dbba608ded |
completed | May 17, 2026, 4:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a09f22264108190ac07cee73b91befb |
completed | May 17, 2026, 4:51 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:28 p.m.