Triple

T11977969
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard M. Murray E285082 entity
Predicate hasAcademicAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object J. Karl Hedrick
J. Karl Hedrick was a prominent American control theorist and mechanical engineer known for his influential work in nonlinear control and vehicle dynamics, particularly in automated highway and automotive systems.
 E999434 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: J. Karl Hedrick | Statement: [Richard M. Murray, hasAcademicAdvisor, J. Karl Hedrick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: J. Karl Hedrick
Context triple: [Richard M. Murray, hasAcademicAdvisor, J. Karl Hedrick]
  • A. Stephen A. Hurlbut
    Stephen A. Hurlbut was a Union Army general and politician who played a significant leadership role in the American Civil War and later served as a U.S. diplomat.
  • B. Charles J. Precourt
    Charles J. Precourt is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later served in leadership roles within the astronaut corps.
  • C. Gérard F. Gilmore
    Gérard F. Gilmore is a British astronomer known for his influential work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way galaxy.
  • D. John H. Demarest
    John H. Demarest was a 19th-century New Jersey politician who served in the state legislature and is buried in Hackensack Cemetery.
  • E. George N. Clements
    George N. Clements was an influential linguist and phonologist known for his work on feature geometry and the theory of syllable structure.
  • 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: J. Karl Hedrick
Triple: [Richard M. Murray, hasAcademicAdvisor, J. Karl Hedrick]
Generated description
J. Karl Hedrick was a prominent American control theorist and mechanical engineer known for his influential work in nonlinear control and vehicle dynamics, particularly in automated highway and automotive systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: J. Karl Hedrick
Target entity description: J. Karl Hedrick was a prominent American control theorist and mechanical engineer known for his influential work in nonlinear control and vehicle dynamics, particularly in automated highway and automotive systems.
  • A. Stephen A. Hurlbut
    Stephen A. Hurlbut was a Union Army general and politician who played a significant leadership role in the American Civil War and later served as a U.S. diplomat.
  • B. Charles J. Precourt
    Charles J. Precourt is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later served in leadership roles within the astronaut corps.
  • C. Gérard F. Gilmore
    Gérard F. Gilmore is a British astronomer known for his influential work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way galaxy.
  • D. John H. Demarest
    John H. Demarest was a 19th-century New Jersey politician who served in the state legislature and is buried in Hackensack Cemetery.
  • E. George N. Clements
    George N. Clements was an influential linguist and phonologist known for his work on feature geometry and the theory of syllable structure.
  • 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_69d6ab2eaeb881909f7914758f859413 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d90393cfb08190b5b45d3e5e32fad3 completed April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f67c5e9fbc819097cf9550378eabee completed May 2, 2026, 10:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f67d64ed3481908d434c20796866f9 completed May 2, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f67e82e35081909c4b5fad7e941610 completed May 2, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.