Triple

T1468796
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chad Mirkin E27085 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
The George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the Department of Chemistry, named in honor of biotechnology pioneer George B. Rathmann.
E166833 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: George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University | Statement: [Chad Mirkin, positionHeld, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
Context triple: [Chad Mirkin, positionHeld, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University]
  • A. J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University
    The J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University is a distinguished endowed chair in theoretical chemistry named after pioneering American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs.
  • B. George M. Whitesides
    George M. Whitesides is a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in materials science, surface chemistry, and microfabrication, and for his extensive influence on modern chemistry and nanotechnology.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Richard N. Zare
    Richard N. Zare is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in laser chemistry and molecular reaction dynamics, and for his influential contributions to chemical education and science policy.
  • E. Barry M. Trost
    Barry M. Trost is an American organic chemist renowned for pioneering the concept of atom economy and developing highly efficient catalytic reactions in synthetic chemistry.
  • 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: George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
Triple: [Chad Mirkin, positionHeld, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University]
Generated description
The George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the Department of Chemistry, named in honor of biotechnology pioneer George B. Rathmann.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
Target entity description: The George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the Department of Chemistry, named in honor of biotechnology pioneer George B. Rathmann.
  • A. J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University
    The J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University is a distinguished endowed chair in theoretical chemistry named after pioneering American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs.
  • B. George M. Whitesides
    George M. Whitesides is a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in materials science, surface chemistry, and microfabrication, and for his extensive influence on modern chemistry and nanotechnology.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Richard N. Zare
    Richard N. Zare is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in laser chemistry and molecular reaction dynamics, and for his influential contributions to chemical education and science policy.
  • E. Barry M. Trost
    Barry M. Trost is an American organic chemist renowned for pioneering the concept of atom economy and developing highly efficient catalytic reactions in synthetic chemistry.
  • 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_69a496d25d6881909dbd84f86d763992 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c5d8bb68819095b7b413247ad657 completed March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e805fa481908d6428a4e2fb4c4a completed March 8, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0f0b145c8190b08af9a6a3325c23 completed March 8, 2026, 5:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0f9380648190b4db1b9c92f37831 completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:01 p.m.