Triple

T4901193
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jan D. Achenbach E109801 entity
Predicate awardReceived P11 FINISHED
Object William Prager Medal
The William Prager Medal is a prestigious engineering mechanics award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of solid mechanics.
E483617 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: William Prager Medal | Statement: [Jan D. Achenbach, awardReceived, William Prager Medal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Prager Medal
Context triple: [Jan D. Achenbach, awardReceived, William Prager Medal]
  • A. Frederic Ives Medal
    The Frederic Ives Medal is a prestigious award in the field of optics, presented by the Optical Society of America to honor outstanding contributions to the science of optics.
  • B. James B. Macelwane Medal
    The James B. Macelwane Medal is a prestigious American Geophysical Union honor awarded to early-career scientists for outstanding contributions to the geophysical sciences.
  • C. Rayleigh Medal
    The Rayleigh Medal is a prestigious award in the field of acoustics, presented by the Institute of Acoustics to recognize outstanding contributions to acoustic science and engineering.
  • D. Halstead Medal
    The Halstead Medal is a prestigious award presented by the Geological Society of London in recognition of distinguished contributions to geoscience education and public outreach.
  • E. James Craig Watson Medal
    The James Craig Watson Medal is a prestigious award presented by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of astronomy.
  • 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: William Prager Medal
Triple: [Jan D. Achenbach, awardReceived, William Prager Medal]
Generated description
The William Prager Medal is a prestigious engineering mechanics award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of solid mechanics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Prager Medal
Target entity description: The William Prager Medal is a prestigious engineering mechanics award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of solid mechanics.
  • A. Frederic Ives Medal
    The Frederic Ives Medal is a prestigious award in the field of optics, presented by the Optical Society of America to honor outstanding contributions to the science of optics.
  • B. James B. Macelwane Medal
    The James B. Macelwane Medal is a prestigious American Geophysical Union honor awarded to early-career scientists for outstanding contributions to the geophysical sciences.
  • C. Rayleigh Medal
    The Rayleigh Medal is a prestigious award in the field of acoustics, presented by the Institute of Acoustics to recognize outstanding contributions to acoustic science and engineering.
  • D. Halstead Medal
    The Halstead Medal is a prestigious award presented by the Geological Society of London in recognition of distinguished contributions to geoscience education and public outreach.
  • E. James Craig Watson Medal
    The James Craig Watson Medal is a prestigious award presented by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of astronomy.
  • 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_69bd441180708190ba42ffb44fea533a completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6e4dd6bc819094b1cbf533510995 completed March 20, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be81b9ab4c81909173686a76d32a88 completed March 21, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be8386d2fc8190a450b42dd5ac6963 completed March 21, 2026, 11:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be841d148881908aa53953bd2eb024 completed March 21, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.