Triple

T1059913
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sheldon Glashow E22881 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object 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.
E120377 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: Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University | Statement: [Sheldon Glashow, positionHeld, Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University
Context triple: [Sheldon Glashow, positionHeld, Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University]
  • A. Institute Professor at MIT
    Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
  • B. Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an academic position held by faculty members who teach, conduct research, and contribute to scholarship at the renowned science and engineering-focused university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • C. Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics
    The Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics is a prestigious chair in physics at the University of Cambridge, historically held by leading experimental physicists.
  • D. President of MIT
    The President of MIT is the chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, responsible for its overall academic leadership, strategic direction, and institutional governance.
  • E. Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University
    The Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, historically associated with leading scholars such as poet and critic James Russell Lowell.
  • 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: Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University
Triple: [Sheldon Glashow, positionHeld, Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Institute Professor at MIT
    Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
  • B. Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an academic position held by faculty members who teach, conduct research, and contribute to scholarship at the renowned science and engineering-focused university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • C. Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics
    The Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics is a prestigious chair in physics at the University of Cambridge, historically held by leading experimental physicists.
  • D. President of MIT
    The President of MIT is the chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, responsible for its overall academic leadership, strategic direction, and institutional governance.
  • E. Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University
    The Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, historically associated with leading scholars such as poet and critic James Russell Lowell.
  • 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_69a493dada0481909c43649f9843ea91 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b8f3f98c819096338198d9f30491 completed March 1, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac3bd3400c8190b84e88073f19beba completed March 7, 2026, 2:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac3ca9b5d88190816980f964f7e947 completed March 7, 2026, 2:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac3d61a0c48190b619b3049df33512 completed March 7, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.