Triple

T2194080
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject SEAS E49930 entity
Predicate fieldOfStudy P3 FINISHED
Object materials science
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the structure, properties, processing, and performance of materials to design and develop new and improved substances for technological applications.
 E243378 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: materials science | Statement: [SEAS, fieldOfStudy, materials science]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: materials science
Context triple: [SEAS, fieldOfStudy, materials science]
  • A. materials engineering
    Materials engineering is the field that designs, develops, and optimizes materials and their properties for practical applications across industries such as electronics, construction, transportation, and healthcare.
  • B. School of Materials Science and Engineering
    The School of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit of Shanghai Jiao Tong University specializing in education and research on the properties, design, and applications of advanced materials.
  • C. School of Materials Science and Engineering
    The School of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit at Huazhong University of Science and Technology specializing in education and research on the properties, design, and applications of advanced materials.
  • D. School of Materials Science and Engineering
    The School of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit of South China University of Technology specializing in education and research on advanced materials and their applications.
  • E. Advanced Materials
    Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes cutting-edge research on materials science, including nanotechnology, biomaterials, and electronic materials.
  • 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: materials science
Triple: [SEAS, fieldOfStudy, materials science]
Generated description
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the structure, properties, processing, and performance of materials to design and develop new and improved substances for technological applications.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: materials science
Target entity description: Materials science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the structure, properties, processing, and performance of materials to design and develop new and improved substances for technological applications.
  • A. materials engineering
    Materials engineering is the field that designs, develops, and optimizes materials and their properties for practical applications across industries such as electronics, construction, transportation, and healthcare.
  • B. School of Materials Science and Engineering
    The School of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit of Shanghai Jiao Tong University specializing in education and research on the properties, design, and applications of advanced materials.
  • C. School of Materials Science and Engineering
    The School of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit at Huazhong University of Science and Technology specializing in education and research on the properties, design, and applications of advanced materials.
  • D. School of Materials Science and Engineering
    The School of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit of South China University of Technology specializing in education and research on advanced materials and their applications.
  • E. Advanced Materials
    Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes cutting-edge research on materials science, including nanotechnology, biomaterials, and electronic materials.
  • 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_69a88aaba3c48190b351cab9b26989ff completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbf74147c81908793c3694894f94a completed March 7, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae5db5c364819099e3db36c312437a completed March 9, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5fc9c0d08190b286f0bbd3b775e6 completed March 9, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae603a0ba88190b4bd7ff98a11d1c5 completed March 9, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.