Triple

T21590478
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clifford M. Will E532764 entity
Predicate academicPosition P298 FINISHED
Object James S. McDonnell Professor of Space Sciences
The James S. McDonnell Professor of Space Sciences is a distinguished endowed chair in space science research and education, notably held by theoretical physicist and general relativity expert Clifford M. Will.
E1492053 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 S. McDonnell Professor of Space Sciences | Statement: [Clifford M. Will, academicPosition, James S. McDonnell Professor of Space Sciences]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James S. McDonnell Professor of Space Sciences
Context triple: [Clifford M. Will, academicPosition, James S. McDonnell Professor of Space Sciences]
  • A. S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor
    The S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago named in honor of Nobel laureate astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
  • B. NASA Chief Scientist
    The NASA Chief Scientist is the agency’s top science advisor, responsible for guiding NASA’s overall scientific priorities, policies, and research direction.
  • C. Vice Provost of California Institute of Technology
    The Vice Provost of the California Institute of Technology is a senior academic administrator responsible for overseeing key aspects of the institute’s educational and research programs and supporting the provost in institutional governance.
  • D. Provost of California Institute of Technology
    The Provost of the California Institute of Technology is the institution’s chief academic officer, overseeing its educational programs, research initiatives, and faculty affairs.
  • E. James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry
    The James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry is a prestigious endowed professorship at Princeton University held by Nobel Prize–winning chemist David W. C. MacMillan.
  • 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 S. McDonnell Professor of Space Sciences
Triple: [Clifford M. Will, academicPosition, James S. McDonnell Professor of Space Sciences]
Generated description
The James S. McDonnell Professor of Space Sciences is a distinguished endowed chair in space science research and education, notably held by theoretical physicist and general relativity expert Clifford M. Will.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James S. McDonnell Professor of Space Sciences
Target entity description: The James S. McDonnell Professor of Space Sciences is a distinguished endowed chair in space science research and education, notably held by theoretical physicist and general relativity expert Clifford M. Will.
  • A. S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor
    The S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago named in honor of Nobel laureate astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
  • B. NASA Chief Scientist
    The NASA Chief Scientist is the agency’s top science advisor, responsible for guiding NASA’s overall scientific priorities, policies, and research direction.
  • C. Vice Provost of California Institute of Technology
    The Vice Provost of the California Institute of Technology is a senior academic administrator responsible for overseeing key aspects of the institute’s educational and research programs and supporting the provost in institutional governance.
  • D. Provost of California Institute of Technology
    The Provost of the California Institute of Technology is the institution’s chief academic officer, overseeing its educational programs, research initiatives, and faculty affairs.
  • E. James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry
    The James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry is a prestigious endowed professorship at Princeton University held by Nobel Prize–winning chemist David W. C. MacMillan.
  • 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_69e0c46251648190876f0427cf2d321b completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69eefadd0ec88190929c76137bd1603e completed April 27, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09f681f8a08190965cf2c3b12eb134 completed May 17, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09f85e21948190a6563d309c349f78 completed May 17, 2026, 5:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09f8d30ff08190b3bc6c45f7b5257b completed May 17, 2026, 5:20 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:32 p.m.