Triple

T4966543
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zdeněk P. Bažant E111539 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering E478442 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Statement: [Zdeněk P. Bažant, positionHeld, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Context triple: [Zdeněk P. Bažant, positionHeld, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering]
  • A. Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering chosen
    The Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering is a distinguished endowed professorship in mechanical engineering at Northwestern University, recognizing exceptional achievement in research and teaching.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering that focuses on education and research in infrastructure, environmental systems, and sustainable engineering.
  • E. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit that educates students and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure design, construction, and environmental protection within the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69bd4419393c819086319a6fe4bf8542 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd71f7ae388190b752770bf577906f completed March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be81f13988819097dcd5a65cb1f502 completed March 21, 2026, 11:33 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.