Triple

T4763382
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Martin Karplus E105750 entity
Predicate academicPosition P298 FINISHED
Object Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Harvard University
The Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in Harvard’s chemistry department named in honor of Nobel laureate Theodore William Richards and held by distinguished senior chemists.
E467019 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: Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Harvard University | Statement: [Martin Karplus, academicPosition, Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Harvard University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Harvard University
Context triple: [Martin Karplus, academicPosition, Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Harvard University]
  • A. J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University
    The J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University is a distinguished endowed chair in theoretical chemistry named after pioneering American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs.
  • B. Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University
    The Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, historically associated with leading researchers such as Nobel laureate Elias J. Corey.
  • C. Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics
    The Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics is a distinguished endowed professorship at the California Institute of Technology named in honor of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and held by leading researchers in chemical physics.
  • D. Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University
    The Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the natural sciences held by distinguished faculty such as Nobel laureate Dudley R. Herschbach.
  • E. Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard University
    The Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair held by Danish physicist Lene Vestergaard Hau, renowned for her groundbreaking work in slowing and stopping light using ultracold atomic gases.
  • 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: Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Harvard University
Triple: [Martin Karplus, academicPosition, Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Harvard University]
Generated description
The Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in Harvard’s chemistry department named in honor of Nobel laureate Theodore William Richards and held by distinguished senior chemists.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Harvard University
Target entity description: The Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in Harvard’s chemistry department named in honor of Nobel laureate Theodore William Richards and held by distinguished senior chemists.
  • A. J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University
    The J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University is a distinguished endowed chair in theoretical chemistry named after pioneering American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs.
  • B. Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University
    The Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, historically associated with leading researchers such as Nobel laureate Elias J. Corey.
  • C. Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics
    The Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics is a distinguished endowed professorship at the California Institute of Technology named in honor of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and held by leading researchers in chemical physics.
  • D. Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University
    The Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the natural sciences held by distinguished faculty such as Nobel laureate Dudley R. Herschbach.
  • E. Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard University
    The Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair held by Danish physicist Lene Vestergaard Hau, renowned for her groundbreaking work in slowing and stopping light using ultracold atomic gases.
  • 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_69bd43f14cac819081c7c69803648211 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6530f0648190b76db9964471cfeb completed March 20, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be3a81c9dc8190b9e7f399ac1de268 completed March 21, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be3b4791008190ba3f3f6e7698146f completed March 21, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be3bbe432081909bf134e1be799b58 completed March 21, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:20 p.m.