Triple

T20200877

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Acta Materialia Gold Medal	`E493212`	entity
Predicate	hasAwarded	`P2391`	FINISHED
Object	J. R. Rice	`—`	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: J. R. Rice | Statement: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, J. R. Rice]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: J. R. Rice
Context triple: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, J. R. Rice]

A. James Rice
James Rice is an Indigenous Australian man who was one of the plaintiffs in the landmark High Court native title case Mabo v Queensland (No 2).
B. Richard Rice
Richard Rice was a key figure associated with the founding or development of the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, honored by having the institution bear his name.
C. Frank Rice
Frank Rice was an American character actor best known for his supporting roles in early Western films and serials during the silent and early sound eras.
D. Glen Anthony Rice
Glen Anthony Rice is a retired American professional basketball player best known as a prolific three-point shooter and three-time NBA All-Star who won an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers.
E. Robert L. Rice
Robert L. Rice was a prominent Utah businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to the University of Utah led to the football stadium bearing his name.
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: J. R. Rice
Target entity description: J. R. Rice is a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his foundational contributions to fracture mechanics and material failure theory.

A. James Rice
James Rice is an Indigenous Australian man who was one of the plaintiffs in the landmark High Court native title case Mabo v Queensland (No 2).
B. Richard Rice
Richard Rice was a key figure associated with the founding or development of the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, honored by having the institution bear his name.
C. Frank Rice
Frank Rice was an American character actor best known for his supporting roles in early Western films and serials during the silent and early sound eras.
D. Glen Anthony Rice
Glen Anthony Rice is a retired American professional basketball player best known as a prolific three-point shooter and three-time NBA All-Star who won an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers.
E. Robert L. Rice
Robert L. Rice was a prominent Utah businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to the University of Utah led to the football stadium bearing his name.
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_69da6269614c8190bb40475d9d477358`	completed	April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e66d8d01648190b1b3a6e03f0258d8`	completed	April 20, 2026, 6:16 p.m.

Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:37 p.m.