Triple

T9579829
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lois and Willard Mackey Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University E231140 entity
Predicate namedFor P63 FINISHED
Object Willard Mackey
Willard Mackey is an individual significant enough in the field of mechanical engineering to have a named professorship at Johns Hopkins University established in his honor.
E809602 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: Willard Mackey | Statement: [Lois and Willard Mackey Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, namedFor, Willard Mackey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willard Mackey
Context triple: [Lois and Willard Mackey Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, namedFor, Willard Mackey]
  • A. Milt Woodard
    Milt Woodard was a sports executive best known for serving as commissioner of the American Football League during its final years before the AFL–NFL merger.
  • B. Walt Willey
    Walt Willey is an American actor best known for his long-running role as attorney Jackson Montgomery on the soap opera "All My Children."
  • C. Bobby Mauch
    Bobby Mauch was an American child actor best known for starring alongside his identical twin brother Billy in the 1937 film "The Prince and the Pauper."
  • D. Fritz Robinson
    Fritz Robinson is the adventurous and resourceful eldest son of the shipwrecked family in the classic Disney adaptation of "Swiss Family Robinson."
  • E. Douglas Spaulding
    Douglas Spaulding is the young boy protagonist of Ray Bradbury’s nostalgic novel "Dandelion Wine," through whose eyes the wonders and fears of small-town summer life are explored.
  • 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: Willard Mackey
Triple: [Lois and Willard Mackey Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, namedFor, Willard Mackey]
Generated description
Willard Mackey is an individual significant enough in the field of mechanical engineering to have a named professorship at Johns Hopkins University established in his honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willard Mackey
Target entity description: Willard Mackey is an individual significant enough in the field of mechanical engineering to have a named professorship at Johns Hopkins University established in his honor.
  • A. Milt Woodard
    Milt Woodard was a sports executive best known for serving as commissioner of the American Football League during its final years before the AFL–NFL merger.
  • B. Walt Willey
    Walt Willey is an American actor best known for his long-running role as attorney Jackson Montgomery on the soap opera "All My Children."
  • C. Bobby Mauch
    Bobby Mauch was an American child actor best known for starring alongside his identical twin brother Billy in the 1937 film "The Prince and the Pauper."
  • D. Fritz Robinson
    Fritz Robinson is the adventurous and resourceful eldest son of the shipwrecked family in the classic Disney adaptation of "Swiss Family Robinson."
  • E. Douglas Spaulding
    Douglas Spaulding is the young boy protagonist of Ray Bradbury’s nostalgic novel "Dandelion Wine," through whose eyes the wonders and fears of small-town summer life are explored.
  • 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_69d1790fbfb88190b1d12f5ed3d4ef7e completed April 4, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d179a4006c81909e983559b5fd7698 completed April 4, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d17a3aebfc8190acbe62ac900dd9e7 completed April 4, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:05 p.m.