Triple

T9579848
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics E231141 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object James F. Lynch
James F. Lynch is an American acoustician and oceanographer recognized for his significant contributions to underwater acoustics and ocean acoustic propagation.
E866709 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: James F. Lynch | Statement: [Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics, notableRecipient, James F. Lynch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James F. Lynch
Context triple: [Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics, notableRecipient, James F. Lynch]
  • A. James A. Lynch
    James A. Lynch was a New York public official who served as the state’s Industrial Commissioner, overseeing labor and industrial relations policy.
  • B. Joseph A. McDonough
    Joseph A. McDonough was a Hollywood film assistant director recognized in the 1930s for his award-winning work in the early years of the Academy Awards.
  • C. Edmund C. Lynch
    Edmund C. Lynch was an American financier and co-founder of the investment firm Merrill Lynch, which became one of the largest brokerage and financial services companies in the world.
  • D. John A. O’Brien
    John A. O’Brien was a prominent Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian known for his influential work in American Catholic thought and education.
  • E. Charles M. Keally
    Charles M. Keally is an archaeologist and scholar known for his research on Japanese prehistory and the Jomon period.
  • 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: James F. Lynch
Triple: [Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics, notableRecipient, James F. Lynch]
Generated description
James F. Lynch is an American acoustician and oceanographer recognized for his significant contributions to underwater acoustics and ocean acoustic propagation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James F. Lynch
Target entity description: James F. Lynch is an American acoustician and oceanographer recognized for his significant contributions to underwater acoustics and ocean acoustic propagation.
  • A. James A. Lynch
    James A. Lynch was a New York public official who served as the state’s Industrial Commissioner, overseeing labor and industrial relations policy.
  • B. Joseph A. McDonough
    Joseph A. McDonough was a Hollywood film assistant director recognized in the 1930s for his award-winning work in the early years of the Academy Awards.
  • C. Edmund C. Lynch
    Edmund C. Lynch was an American financier and co-founder of the investment firm Merrill Lynch, which became one of the largest brokerage and financial services companies in the world.
  • D. John A. O’Brien
    John A. O’Brien was a prominent Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian known for his influential work in American Catholic thought and education.
  • E. Charles M. Keally
    Charles M. Keally is an archaeologist and scholar known for his research on Japanese prehistory and the Jomon period.
  • 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_69d8dbc697388190b384c7ed9e6a65dc completed April 10, 2026, 11:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d8e8c683608190aa4333ed38e79f53 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d901c7684c8190837ed9ef0c2428af completed April 10, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:05 p.m.