Triple

T22894666
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ronald M. Sega E568137 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University
The Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University is an endowed academic position in systems engineering held by former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer Ronald M. Sega.
E1560573 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: Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University | Statement: [Ronald M. Sega, positionHeld, Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University
Context triple: [Ronald M. Sega, positionHeld, Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University]
  • A. University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech
    University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech is a prestigious academic title awarded to select faculty members at Virginia Tech in recognition of exceptional scholarly achievement, teaching, and service.
  • B. Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC
    The Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC is an endowed academic chair at the University of Southern California focused on advancing research and education in software engineering.
  • C. Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    The Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is a prestigious endowed chair at Princeton University held by leading scholars in fluid mechanics and related fields.
  • D. Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech
    The Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech is a distinguished endowed professorship in Caltech’s Electrical Engineering department, held by leading researchers such as Ali Hajimiri.
  • E. Boyd Professor at Louisiana State University
    Boyd Professor at Louisiana State University is the highest and most prestigious academic rank at LSU, awarded to faculty members with exceptional records of scholarly achievement and distinction.
  • 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: Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University
Triple: [Ronald M. Sega, positionHeld, Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University]
Generated description
The Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University is an endowed academic position in systems engineering held by former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer Ronald M. Sega.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University
Target entity description: The Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University is an endowed academic position in systems engineering held by former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer Ronald M. Sega.
  • A. University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech
    University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech is a prestigious academic title awarded to select faculty members at Virginia Tech in recognition of exceptional scholarly achievement, teaching, and service.
  • B. Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC
    The Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC is an endowed academic chair at the University of Southern California focused on advancing research and education in software engineering.
  • C. Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    The Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is a prestigious endowed chair at Princeton University held by leading scholars in fluid mechanics and related fields.
  • D. Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech
    The Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech is a distinguished endowed professorship in Caltech’s Electrical Engineering department, held by leading researchers such as Ali Hajimiri.
  • E. Boyd Professor at Louisiana State University
    Boyd Professor at Louisiana State University is the highest and most prestigious academic rank at LSU, awarded to faculty members with exceptional records of scholarly achievement and distinction.
  • 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_69e2458c23ec81908fa2570692c6614f completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17fc83d688190a8ab5ea0aad1e7ec completed April 29, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bb9c59acc819090353ecaddac1624 completed May 19, 2026, 1:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0bbbf1fdb4819082a721c75958eaa1 completed May 19, 2026, 1:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bbcaee9508190aa5c84a8930e15cd completed May 19, 2026, 1:28 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:40 p.m.