Triple
T10550314
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kip Thorne |
E248929
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech |
E244850
|
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: Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech | Statement: [Kip Thorne, positionHeld, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech Context triple: [Kip Thorne, positionHeld, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech]
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A.
Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech
chosen
The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed chair in theoretical physics held by leading researchers such as gravitational physicist Kip Thorne.
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B.
Linde Professor of Physics, Caltech
The Linde Professor of Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in the physics department at the California Institute of Technology, held by leading researchers in the field.
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C.
MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley
The MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley is an endowed faculty chair in the University of California, Berkeley’s physics department, held by theoretical physicist Hitoshi Murayama.
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D.
Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University
The Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s physics department, historically associated with leading theoretical physicists such as Nobel laureate Sheldon Glashow.
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E.
Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics at Princeton University
The Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics at Princeton University is a prestigious endowed chair in the physics department historically associated with leading theoretical and experimental physicists such as Robert H. Dicke.
- 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_69d381c733c08190ab1dd6239f5f34ae |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d526d3e45c819099b360f9cfd3dd50 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 3:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d934639b3481908204db41101132c3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:34 p.m.