Triple
T15361020
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vladimir Vapnik |
E367287
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | research scientist at NEC Research Institute |
E17291
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: research scientist at NEC Research Institute | Statement: [Vladimir Vapnik, positionHeld, research scientist at NEC Research Institute]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: research scientist at NEC Research Institute Context triple: [Vladimir Vapnik, positionHeld, research scientist at NEC Research Institute]
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A.
NEC Research Institute
chosen
NEC Research Institute was a prominent industrial research center in Princeton, New Jersey, known for advanced work in computer science, machine learning, and related fields.
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B.
Panasonic Professor of Robotics
The Panasonic Professor of Robotics is an endowed academic chair in robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology held by roboticist Rodney Brooks.
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C.
IBM Fellow
An IBM Fellow is the highest technical honor at IBM, awarded to a small number of distinguished scientists and engineers for exceptional innovation and leadership in their fields.
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D.
Fellow at Xerox PARC
Fellow at Xerox PARC is a senior research position at the renowned Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, typically held by distinguished computer scientists and innovators in fields such as object-oriented programming and graphical user interfaces.
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E.
Chief Scientist at NIIT
Chief Scientist at NIIT is a senior research leadership role overseeing innovation and advanced educational technology initiatives at the Indian IT and training company NIIT.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d85a1483788190ad93c2748e8af34b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03e4607408190ab281a7f7a8012d3 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:41 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff0b4a181c8190bffc1ac1a86e215d |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:24 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:18 a.m.