Triple

T18158477
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James M. Tour E434693 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry at Rice University — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry at Rice University | Statement: [James M. Tour, positionHeld, T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry at Rice University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry at Rice University
Context triple: [James M. Tour, positionHeld, T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry at Rice University]
  • A. Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry at Rice University
    The Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry at Rice University is an endowed academic chair in the university’s chemistry department, held by distinguished chemist K. C. Nicolaou.
  • B. F. Albert Cotton Chair in Chemistry at Texas A&M University
    The F. Albert Cotton Chair in Chemistry at Texas A&M University is an endowed professorship honoring the renowned inorganic chemist F. Albert Cotton and supporting distinguished research and teaching in chemistry.
  • C. Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry
    The Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry is a distinguished endowed professorship in the Department of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • D. James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry
    The James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry is a prestigious endowed professorship at Princeton University held by Nobel Prize–winning chemist David W. C. MacMillan.
  • E. W. M. Keck Professor of Chemistry
    The W. M. Keck Professor of Chemistry is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in chemistry, supported by the W. M. Keck Foundation and held by leading researchers in the field.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry at Rice University
Target entity description: The T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry at Rice University is an endowed academic chair held by nanotechnology and organic synthesis researcher James M. Tour.
  • A. Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry at Rice University
    The Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry at Rice University is an endowed academic chair in the university’s chemistry department, held by distinguished chemist K. C. Nicolaou.
  • B. F. Albert Cotton Chair in Chemistry at Texas A&M University
    The F. Albert Cotton Chair in Chemistry at Texas A&M University is an endowed professorship honoring the renowned inorganic chemist F. Albert Cotton and supporting distinguished research and teaching in chemistry.
  • C. Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry
    The Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry is a distinguished endowed professorship in the Department of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • D. James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry
    The James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry is a prestigious endowed professorship at Princeton University held by Nobel Prize–winning chemist David W. C. MacMillan.
  • E. W. M. Keck Professor of Chemistry
    The W. M. Keck Professor of Chemistry is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in chemistry, supported by the W. M. Keck Foundation and held by leading researchers in the field.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8b90b7a188190b3fc7b8d4a6cd20a completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4dec02d9c81909ac6203b7d59c405 completed April 19, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:30 a.m.