Triple

T353418
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles M. Vest E7491 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Charles Marstiller Vest
Charles Marstiller Vest was an American engineer and educator best known for serving as the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1990 to 2004.
 E109499 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: Charles Marstiller Vest | Statement: [Charles M. Vest, fullName, Charles Marstiller Vest]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Marstiller Vest
Context triple: [Charles M. Vest, fullName, Charles Marstiller Vest]
  • A. Carl F. Wallin
    Carl F. Wallin was an early 20th-century American businessman best known as the co-founder of the Nordstrom retail company.
  • B. Louis Lingg
    Louis Lingg was a German-born anarchist and labor activist best known as one of the defendants in the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
  • C. Robert Lusser
    Robert Lusser was a German aeronautical engineer best known for his key role in designing several important World War II aircraft, including contributions to the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
  • D. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • E. Peter Amundson
    Peter Amundson is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science-fiction action film "Pacific Rim."
  • 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: Charles Marstiller Vest
Triple: [Charles M. Vest, fullName, Charles Marstiller Vest]
Generated description
Charles Marstiller Vest was an American engineer and educator best known for serving as the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1990 to 2004.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Marstiller Vest
Target entity description: Charles Marstiller Vest was an American engineer and educator best known for serving as the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1990 to 2004.
  • A. Carl F. Wallin
    Carl F. Wallin was an early 20th-century American businessman best known as the co-founder of the Nordstrom retail company.
  • B. Louis Lingg
    Louis Lingg was a German-born anarchist and labor activist best known as one of the defendants in the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
  • C. Robert Lusser
    Robert Lusser was a German aeronautical engineer best known for his key role in designing several important World War II aircraft, including contributions to the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
  • D. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • E. Peter Amundson
    Peter Amundson is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science-fiction action film "Pacific Rim."
  • 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_69a2e7e696948190bebc966535995e45 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eb80f524819093f4c2c18c3d615f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7edf1c89c819090d188f2990388b1 completed March 4, 2026, 8:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7f2069c648190ae522305d23fcdb5 completed March 4, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7f26264d48190ad04ee855523fcc1 completed March 4, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.