Triple

T926681
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Timoshenko Medal E19998 entity
Predicate hasNotableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object James R. Rice
James R. Rice is a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his foundational contributions to fracture mechanics and solid mechanics.
E298347 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 R. Rice | Statement: [Timoshenko Medal, hasNotableRecipient, James R. Rice]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James R. Rice
Context triple: [Timoshenko Medal, hasNotableRecipient, James R. Rice]
  • A. William M. Rice
    William M. Rice was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder and namesake of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
  • B. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • C. James Edward Rice
    James Edward Rice, better known as Jim Rice, is a former Major League Baseball left fielder who spent his entire career with the Boston Red Sox and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • D. Robert W. Hunt
    Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
  • E. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • 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 R. Rice
Triple: [Timoshenko Medal, hasNotableRecipient, James R. Rice]
Generated description
James R. Rice is a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his foundational contributions to fracture mechanics and solid mechanics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James R. Rice
Target entity description: James R. Rice is a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his foundational contributions to fracture mechanics and solid mechanics.
  • A. William M. Rice
    William M. Rice was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder and namesake of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
  • B. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • C. James Edward Rice
    James Edward Rice, better known as Jim Rice, is a former Major League Baseball left fielder who spent his entire career with the Boston Red Sox and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • D. Robert W. Hunt
    Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
  • E. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • 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_69a493af3dc48190adb7263e6e445ea1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b32c5b508190a570c94a6647ba70 completed March 1, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc616800c819090f6fcddb6930060 completed March 10, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc686bd908190ba3f865576c40d46 completed March 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc6e92f0481908211fea3a6d4e05b completed March 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.