Triple

T466105
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wiess School of Natural Sciences E8450 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Harry C. Wiess
Harry C. Wiess was an American oil industry executive and philanthropist whose contributions to Rice University led to a major academic division being named in his honor.
 E263848 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: Harry C. Wiess | Statement: [Wiess School of Natural Sciences, namedAfter, Harry C. Wiess]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harry C. Wiess
Context triple: [Wiess School of Natural Sciences, namedAfter, Harry C. Wiess]
  • A. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • B. Harry L. Parr
    Harry L. Parr was an American attorney best known as one of the founding partners of the prominent law firm Perkins Coie.
  • C. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • D. Robert B. Hotz
    Robert B. Hotz was an American aviation journalist and editor known for his expertise in aerospace and defense, who served on the presidential Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • E. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • 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: Harry C. Wiess
Triple: [Wiess School of Natural Sciences, namedAfter, Harry C. Wiess]
Generated description
Harry C. Wiess was an American oil industry executive and philanthropist whose contributions to Rice University led to a major academic division being named in his honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harry C. Wiess
Target entity description: Harry C. Wiess was an American oil industry executive and philanthropist whose contributions to Rice University led to a major academic division being named in his honor.
  • A. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • B. Harry L. Parr
    Harry L. Parr was an American attorney best known as one of the founding partners of the prominent law firm Perkins Coie.
  • C. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • D. Robert B. Hotz
    Robert B. Hotz was an American aviation journalist and editor known for his expertise in aerospace and defense, who served on the presidential Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • E. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • 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_69a2e7f3aeb48190a19453e3a043f486 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2efd6ec708190b78c7f22deb3ca64 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aeb39a387c8190b5c1f4876532e376 completed March 9, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aeb540ae008190aa5cbfa1c81540cc completed March 9, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aeb59d0e5c819080bf5b34946b68ac completed March 9, 2026, 11:57 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.