Triple

T1462510
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject soft matter physics E31543 entity
Predicate appliedIn P1129 FINISHED
Object materials engineering
Materials engineering is the field that designs, develops, and optimizes materials and their properties for practical applications across industries such as electronics, construction, transportation, and healthcare.
E166676 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: materials engineering | Statement: [soft matter physics, appliedIn, materials engineering]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: materials engineering
Context triple: [soft matter physics, appliedIn, materials engineering]
  • A. School of Materials Science and Engineering
    The School of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit at Huazhong University of Science and Technology specializing in education and research on the properties, design, and applications of advanced materials.
  • B. ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology
    ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal focusing on research and advances in the behavior, processing, and performance of engineering materials and related technologies.
  • C. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
    The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit focused on studying and developing materials and their properties for engineering and technological applications.
  • D. Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
    The Department of Mining and Materials Engineering is an academic unit at McGill University that focuses on education and research in mineral resource extraction, materials science, and related engineering disciplines.
  • E. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Carnegie Mellon University)
    The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University is an academic unit specializing in the study, research, and education of materials and their applications in engineering and technology.
  • 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: materials engineering
Triple: [soft matter physics, appliedIn, materials engineering]
Generated description
Materials engineering is the field that designs, develops, and optimizes materials and their properties for practical applications across industries such as electronics, construction, transportation, and healthcare.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: materials engineering
Target entity description: Materials engineering is the field that designs, develops, and optimizes materials and their properties for practical applications across industries such as electronics, construction, transportation, and healthcare.
  • A. School of Materials Science and Engineering
    The School of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit at Huazhong University of Science and Technology specializing in education and research on the properties, design, and applications of advanced materials.
  • B. ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology
    ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal focusing on research and advances in the behavior, processing, and performance of engineering materials and related technologies.
  • C. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
    The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit focused on studying and developing materials and their properties for engineering and technological applications.
  • D. Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
    The Department of Mining and Materials Engineering is an academic unit at McGill University that focuses on education and research in mineral resource extraction, materials science, and related engineering disciplines.
  • E. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Carnegie Mellon University)
    The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University is an academic unit specializing in the study, research, and education of materials and their applications in engineering and technology.
  • 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_69a49917dfc081909acdbdf5d684f1ef completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c5b6e36c81909c47b2f7e66f17d7 completed March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e7ab538819090bc3e3ed1bbff64 completed March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0f5106fc8190ab03c4e5a0287424 completed March 8, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0fa4c7d48190ac84267c16c6eb00 completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.