Triple

T19906934
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering E478442 entity
Predicate academicUnit P1488 FINISHED
Object Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University | Statement: [Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering, academicUnit, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University
Context triple: [Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering, academicUnit, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University]
  • A. Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University chosen
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University is a leading academic unit known for its research and education in areas such as mechanics, materials, robotics, and design within the McCormick School of Engineering.
  • B. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University
    The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University is an academic department known for research and education in structural mechanics, environmental engineering, and related fields within the McCormick School of Engineering.
  • C. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
    The Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering is an academic unit specializing in mechanical engineering and related disciplines within the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • D. MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
    The MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering is a leading academic and research department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, renowned for pioneering work in areas such as robotics, energy, manufacturing, and ocean engineering.
  • E. Department of Mechanical Engineering (University of Michigan)
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan is a leading academic and research department known for its work in areas such as automotive engineering, robotics, energy systems, and advanced manufacturing.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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_69d8e520682081909892916424699bd5 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6598cc5108190bca2a47c9f8ef70f completed April 20, 2026, 4:51 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:52 p.m.