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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.