Triple
T4777676
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Briscoe |
E106090
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering
The Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering is a senior practice-oriented faculty position at Harvard University focused on applied environmental engineering and real-world water and environmental management challenges.
|
E469714
|
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: Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering | Statement: [John Briscoe, positionHeld, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering Context triple: [John Briscoe, positionHeld, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering]
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A.
Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is a prestigious endowed chair at Princeton University held by leading scholars in fluid mechanics and related fields.
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B.
Lois and Willard Mackey Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University
The Lois and Willard Mackey Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University is an endowed faculty chair held by fluid dynamics expert Andrea Prosperetti.
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C.
Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering
The Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering is a prestigious endowed professorship recognizing exceptional scholarly contributions and leadership in the field of computational engineering.
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D.
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry
The James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry is a prestigious endowed professorship at Princeton University held by Nobel Prize–winning chemist David W. C. MacMillan.
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E.
Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor
The Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago awarded to scholars of exceptional distinction in their fields.
- 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: Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering Triple: [John Briscoe, positionHeld, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering]
Generated description
The Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering is a senior practice-oriented faculty position at Harvard University focused on applied environmental engineering and real-world water and environmental management challenges.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering Target entity description: The Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering is a senior practice-oriented faculty position at Harvard University focused on applied environmental engineering and real-world water and environmental management challenges.
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A.
Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is a prestigious endowed chair at Princeton University held by leading scholars in fluid mechanics and related fields.
-
B.
Lois and Willard Mackey Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University
The Lois and Willard Mackey Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University is an endowed faculty chair held by fluid dynamics expert Andrea Prosperetti.
-
C.
Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering
The Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering is a prestigious endowed professorship recognizing exceptional scholarly contributions and leadership in the field of computational engineering.
-
D.
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry
The James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry is a prestigious endowed professorship at Princeton University held by Nobel Prize–winning chemist David W. C. MacMillan.
-
E.
Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor
The Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago awarded to scholars of exceptional distinction in their fields.
- 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_69bd43f3074c8190937e7b0a457fe9f1 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd65881e2c8190aa5b57759885b2bb |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be43caec588190880c47f11d3f2daf |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be44df4e808190bb65ea205446a98f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be45bc7b2c8190aa293d2c10077864 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:21 p.m.