Triple

T1311633
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Kailath E28003 entity
Predicate honorificTitle P2097 FINISHED
Object Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus is an endowed emeritus professorship in engineering at Stanford University held by distinguished scholar Thomas Kailath.
E150236 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: Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus | Statement: [Thomas Kailath, honorificTitle, Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
Context triple: [Thomas Kailath, honorificTitle, Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus]
  • A. Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
    The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
  • B. Herbert S. Winokur Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University
    The Herbert S. Winokur Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, held by a leading scholar recognized for outstanding contributions to research and education in engineering and applied sciences.
  • C. Masayoshi Tomizuka
    Masayoshi Tomizuka is a prominent mechanical engineer and control theorist known for his influential contributions to control systems and mechatronics.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Charles M. Vest
    Charles M. Vest was an American engineer and educator who served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was widely recognized for his leadership in science and engineering policy.
  • 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: Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
Triple: [Thomas Kailath, honorificTitle, Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus]
Generated description
Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus is an endowed emeritus professorship in engineering at Stanford University held by distinguished scholar Thomas Kailath.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
Target entity description: Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus is an endowed emeritus professorship in engineering at Stanford University held by distinguished scholar Thomas Kailath.
  • A. Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
    The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
  • B. Herbert S. Winokur Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University
    The Herbert S. Winokur Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, held by a leading scholar recognized for outstanding contributions to research and education in engineering and applied sciences.
  • C. Masayoshi Tomizuka
    Masayoshi Tomizuka is a prominent mechanical engineer and control theorist known for his influential contributions to control systems and mechatronics.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Charles M. Vest
    Charles M. Vest was an American engineer and educator who served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was widely recognized for his leadership in science and engineering policy.
  • 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_69a498532c3481909223b74af2e578df completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c1560f888190bdd9107b08395e0b completed March 1, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acbaec736881909645919764d73f5f completed March 7, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acbbe67f0881908796ae064e72571d completed March 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acbc8c3cc88190a0764b8d306b40ab completed March 8, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.