Triple

T3821460
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology E84381 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object James Killian
James Killian was an American engineer and educator best known as the 10th president of MIT and as the first presidential science advisor to the U.S. government.
E391909 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: James Killian | Statement: [Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, namedAfter, James Killian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Killian
Context triple: [Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, namedAfter, James Killian]
  • A. John J. Carty
    John J. Carty was an American electrical engineer and telephone pioneer who served as chief engineer of AT&T and made significant contributions to the development of long-distance telephony.
  • B. William A. Wheeler
    William A. Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
  • C. William X. O'Brien
    William X. O'Brien was an influential Irish trade unionist and political organizer who played a key role in shaping Ireland’s labor movement and early 20th-century politics.
  • D. Thomas J. Lahey
    Thomas J. Lahey was an individual of sufficient local significance—likely an educator or community leader—to have an elementary school named in his honor.
  • E. Edmund J. James
    Edmund J. James was an American economist and educator best known as a pioneering university president and influential leader in the development of higher education and economic thought in the United States.
  • 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: James Killian
Triple: [Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, namedAfter, James Killian]
Generated description
James Killian was an American engineer and educator best known as the 10th president of MIT and as the first presidential science advisor to the U.S. government.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Killian
Target entity description: James Killian was an American engineer and educator best known as the 10th president of MIT and as the first presidential science advisor to the U.S. government.
  • A. John J. Carty
    John J. Carty was an American electrical engineer and telephone pioneer who served as chief engineer of AT&T and made significant contributions to the development of long-distance telephony.
  • B. William A. Wheeler
    William A. Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
  • C. John P. McHale
    John P. McHale is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname McHale, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • D. William X. O'Brien
    William X. O'Brien was an influential Irish trade unionist and political organizer who played a key role in shaping Ireland’s labor movement and early 20th-century politics.
  • E. Thomas J. Lahey
    Thomas J. Lahey was an individual of sufficient local significance—likely an educator or community leader—to have an elementary school named in his honor.
  • 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_69aed931f5908190be2c07af66d4df25 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeea62cdfc81909a3bf458b73d60e7 completed March 9, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4fb4998248190b4174dd80a8e790c completed March 14, 2026, 6:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4ffcf7e24819098cf2e46b92bed4a completed March 14, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b500596e308190a31e44c24de3f31d completed March 14, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:17 p.m.