Triple

T12878361
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert J. Alpern E308022 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Ensign Professor of Medicine at Yale University
The Ensign Professor of Medicine at Yale University is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Yale's School of Medicine, held by a leading physician-scientist recognized for outstanding contributions to medical research and education.
E1007781 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: Ensign Professor of Medicine at Yale University | Statement: [Robert J. Alpern, positionHeld, Ensign Professor of Medicine at Yale University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ensign Professor of Medicine at Yale University
Context triple: [Robert J. Alpern, positionHeld, Ensign Professor of Medicine at Yale University]
  • A. Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    The Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is the chief academic and administrative leader responsible for overseeing the institution’s medical education, research, and clinical missions.
  • B. President of Rockefeller University
    The President of Rockefeller University is the chief executive and academic leader of the renowned biomedical research institution in New York City.
  • C. Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University
    The Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the natural sciences held by distinguished faculty such as Nobel laureate Dudley R. Herschbach.
  • D. Yale University Provost
    The Yale University Provost is the institution’s chief academic and budget officer, overseeing academic policies, resource allocation, and strategic planning across the university.
  • E. Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University
    The Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University is a prestigious endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar in the humanities at Yale.
  • 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: Ensign Professor of Medicine at Yale University
Triple: [Robert J. Alpern, positionHeld, Ensign Professor of Medicine at Yale University]
Generated description
The Ensign Professor of Medicine at Yale University is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Yale's School of Medicine, held by a leading physician-scientist recognized for outstanding contributions to medical research and education.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ensign Professor of Medicine at Yale University
Target entity description: The Ensign Professor of Medicine at Yale University is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Yale's School of Medicine, held by a leading physician-scientist recognized for outstanding contributions to medical research and education.
  • A. Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    The Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is the chief academic and administrative leader responsible for overseeing the institution’s medical education, research, and clinical missions.
  • B. President of Rockefeller University
    The President of Rockefeller University is the chief executive and academic leader of the renowned biomedical research institution in New York City.
  • C. Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University
    The Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the natural sciences held by distinguished faculty such as Nobel laureate Dudley R. Herschbach.
  • D. Yale University Provost
    The Yale University Provost is the institution’s chief academic and budget officer, overseeing academic policies, resource allocation, and strategic planning across the university.
  • E. Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University
    The Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University is a prestigious endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar in the humanities at Yale.
  • 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_69d7bdf69bc48190af6c2621f28ca351 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d970fa8474819086a8af3c90f3ca84 completed April 10, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f69bba33c081909c0050ff7b868a8e completed May 3, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f69df1032881909255e506ddfd9c9f completed May 3, 2026, 12:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f69ea645a0819095edc112b9ed9bff completed May 3, 2026, 1:02 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:38 p.m.