Triple

T9579847
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics E231141 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object David T. Blackstock
David T. Blackstock is a prominent acoustician and researcher known for his influential contributions to nonlinear acoustics and physical acoustics.
 E807965 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: David T. Blackstock | Statement: [Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics, notableRecipient, David T. Blackstock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David T. Blackstock
Context triple: [Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics, notableRecipient, David T. Blackstock]
  • A. Timothy B. Howard
    Timothy B. Howard is an American law enforcement official who served as the long-time Sheriff of Erie County, New York.
  • B. Darryl M. Bell
    Darryl M. Bell is an American actor best known for his role as Ron Johnson Jr. on the television sitcom "A Different World."
  • C. Anthony G. Brown
    Anthony G. Brown is an American politician and lawyer who has served as Maryland’s attorney general and previously as the state’s lieutenant governor and a U.S. congressman.
  • D. Roland B. Dixon
    Roland B. Dixon was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his influential work on Native American languages and cultures, particularly in early 20th-century classification efforts.
  • E. David M. Walker
    David M. Walker was a United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • 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: David T. Blackstock
Triple: [Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics, notableRecipient, David T. Blackstock]
Generated description
David T. Blackstock is a prominent acoustician and researcher known for his influential contributions to nonlinear acoustics and physical acoustics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David T. Blackstock
Target entity description: David T. Blackstock is a prominent acoustician and researcher known for his influential contributions to nonlinear acoustics and physical acoustics.
  • A. Timothy B. Howard
    Timothy B. Howard is an American law enforcement official who served as the long-time Sheriff of Erie County, New York.
  • B. Darryl M. Bell
    Darryl M. Bell is an American actor best known for his role as Ron Johnson Jr. on the television sitcom "A Different World."
  • C. Anthony G. Brown
    Anthony G. Brown is an American politician and lawyer who has served as Maryland’s attorney general and previously as the state’s lieutenant governor and a U.S. congressman.
  • D. Roland B. Dixon
    Roland B. Dixon was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his influential work on Native American languages and cultures, particularly in early 20th-century classification efforts.
  • E. David M. Walker
    David M. Walker was a United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • 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_69ca848091c48190bc313d6620d09555 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd99ca96a48190a6fbe88387be6883 completed April 1, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1616430808190afbe128d3199bf61 completed April 4, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d161d569b88190a3d77bbe752e0c86 completed April 4, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d162476bf481909a87057e4fd1dc11 completed April 4, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:05 p.m.