Triple
T1231397
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Frank Wilczek |
E26449
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT
The Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT is a prestigious endowed chair in the MIT Department of Physics, named in honor of theoretical physicist Herman Feshbach and held by leading researchers in the field.
|
E140561
|
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: Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT | Statement: [Frank Wilczek, positionHeld, Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT Context triple: [Frank Wilczek, positionHeld, Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics
The Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics is a distinguished endowed professorship at the California Institute of Technology named in honor of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and held by leading researchers in chemical physics.
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D.
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.
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E.
Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a prestigious endowed chair in MIT’s economics department held by leading scholar Daron Acemoglu.
- 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: Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT Triple: [Frank Wilczek, positionHeld, Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT]
Generated description
The Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT is a prestigious endowed chair in the MIT Department of Physics, named in honor of theoretical physicist Herman Feshbach and held by leading researchers in the field.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT Target entity description: The Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT is a prestigious endowed chair in the MIT Department of Physics, named in honor of theoretical physicist Herman Feshbach and held by leading researchers in the field.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics
The Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics is a distinguished endowed professorship at the California Institute of Technology named in honor of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and held by leading researchers in chemical physics.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a prestigious endowed chair in MIT’s economics department held by leading scholar Daron Acemoglu.
- 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_69a4948571c88190a9191e451e6035fd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4be5a25348190a0665b6324c4d8f5 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac8a1457a08190aef2f7fed6c6725f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac8a73ac2c8190a5617c6f3d4ae5d1 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:28 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac8afa5a4881908d8373915eaafb5b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:30 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.