Triple
T12573077
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | U. A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University |
E295651
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
U. A. Whitaker
U. A. Whitaker was a prominent figure in engineering and education whose legacy is honored through a named professorship at Carnegie Mellon University.
|
E989633
|
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: U. A. Whitaker | Statement: [U. A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, namedAfter, U. A. Whitaker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U. A. Whitaker Context triple: [U. A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, namedAfter, U. A. Whitaker]
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A.
Charles Evans Whittaker
Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
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B.
C. T. Wilkins
C. T. Wilkins was an aircraft designer best known for his role in creating the British World War II de Havilland Mosquito multirole combat aircraft.
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C.
A. N. R. Robinson
A. N. R. Robinson was a Trinidad and Tobago statesman and lawyer who served as both prime minister and later president, playing a key role in the country’s political development and in advocating for the establishment of the International Criminal Court.
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D.
R. K. Pierson
R. K. Pierson was a British aeronautical engineer best known for designing the Vickers Wellington bomber used extensively by the Royal Air Force during World War II.
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E.
H. M. Woodard
H. M. Woodard was the father of Academy Award–winning American character actress Jane Darwell.
- 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: U. A. Whitaker Triple: [U. A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, namedAfter, U. A. Whitaker]
Generated description
U. A. Whitaker was a prominent figure in engineering and education whose legacy is honored through a named professorship at Carnegie Mellon University.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U. A. Whitaker Target entity description: U. A. Whitaker was a prominent figure in engineering and education whose legacy is honored through a named professorship at Carnegie Mellon University.
-
A.
Charles Evans Whittaker
Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
-
B.
C. T. Wilkins
C. T. Wilkins was an aircraft designer best known for his role in creating the British World War II de Havilland Mosquito multirole combat aircraft.
-
C.
A. N. R. Robinson
A. N. R. Robinson was a Trinidad and Tobago statesman and lawyer who served as both prime minister and later president, playing a key role in the country’s political development and in advocating for the establishment of the International Criminal Court.
-
D.
R. K. Pierson
R. K. Pierson was a British aeronautical engineer best known for designing the Vickers Wellington bomber used extensively by the Royal Air Force during World War II.
-
E.
H. M. Woodard
H. M. Woodard was the father of Academy Award–winning American character actress Jane Darwell.
- 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_69d6ad9cac2c81908e8a7bed82d1e21d |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d954a52c788190beac128a97e34dc1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f65595826081908035655f7930f55a |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f656a86ff48190bd3debd30e11df80 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:55 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f657b1b13c8190984300f24c0b2083 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:59 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 11:50 p.m.