Triple

T17175542
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barry W. Boehm E416848 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC
The Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC is an endowed academic chair at the University of Southern California focused on advancing research and education in software engineering.
E1254554 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: Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC | Statement: [Barry W. Boehm, positionHeld, Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC
Context triple: [Barry W. Boehm, positionHeld, Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC]
  • A. Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego
    The Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s CSE department, historically held by prominent computer scientists such as Ronald L. Graham.
  • B. Frederick G. Storey Chair in Computing at Georgia Tech
    The Frederick G. Storey Chair in Computing at Georgia Tech is a prestigious endowed faculty position in the College of Computing, held by leading researchers in the field such as theoretical computer scientist Richard Lipton.
  • C. An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard University
    The An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair recognizing a leading scholar in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science.
  • D. Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science
    The Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science is a prestigious endowed chair at Stanford University’s Computer Science Department, held by leading scholars such as database theorist Jeffrey D. Ullman.
  • E. Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University
    The Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Harvard's computer science department, once held by programming languages and security researcher Greg Morrisett.
  • 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: Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC
Triple: [Barry W. Boehm, positionHeld, Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC]
Generated description
The Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC is an endowed academic chair at the University of Southern California focused on advancing research and education in software engineering.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC
Target entity description: The Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC is an endowed academic chair at the University of Southern California focused on advancing research and education in software engineering.
  • A. Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego
    The Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s CSE department, historically held by prominent computer scientists such as Ronald L. Graham.
  • B. Frederick G. Storey Chair in Computing at Georgia Tech
    The Frederick G. Storey Chair in Computing at Georgia Tech is a prestigious endowed faculty position in the College of Computing, held by leading researchers in the field such as theoretical computer scientist Richard Lipton.
  • C. An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard University
    The An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair recognizing a leading scholar in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science.
  • D. Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science
    The Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science is a prestigious endowed chair at Stanford University’s Computer Science Department, held by leading scholars such as database theorist Jeffrey D. Ullman.
  • E. Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University
    The Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Harvard's computer science department, once held by programming languages and security researcher Greg Morrisett.
  • 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_69d886d5f34c8190b24564dfaa63f3fb completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3fc0cec448190b30466628a2ff23f completed April 18, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0148435f6081909bfc6cc1ef59d971 completed May 11, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a014a4fdcf081908be68b1eda2066df completed May 11, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a014adf25808190ad712fbd7560e91d completed May 11, 2026, 3:19 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:37 a.m.