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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.