Triple

T6445846

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Fraser Stoddart	`E138339`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University The Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty position in the university’s chemistry department, held by Nobel Prize–winning chemist Fraser Stoddart.	`E594776`	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: Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University | Statement: [Fraser Stoddart, positionHeld, Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
Context triple: [Fraser Stoddart, positionHeld, Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University]

A. George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
The George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the Department of Chemistry, named in honor of biotechnology pioneer George B. Rathmann.
B. McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University
McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty position in Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, held by leading scholars such as structural engineer Zdeněk P. Bažant.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry
The Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry is a distinguished endowed professorship in the Department of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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: Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
Triple: [Fraser Stoddart, positionHeld, Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University]

Generated description

The Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty position in the university’s chemistry department, held by Nobel Prize–winning chemist Fraser Stoddart.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
Target entity description: The Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty position in the university’s chemistry department, held by Nobel Prize–winning chemist Fraser Stoddart.

A. George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
The George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the Department of Chemistry, named in honor of biotechnology pioneer George B. Rathmann.
B. McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University
McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty position in Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, held by leading scholars such as structural engineer Zdeněk P. Bažant.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry
The Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry is a distinguished endowed professorship in the Department of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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_69c008aa61ac8190bc96715ed79fe2d8`	completed	March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69c0698d866c81909ef3e0a53833ff7d`	completed	March 22, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69c64bcd09e0819097eb60d13e8058dd`	completed	March 27, 2026, 9:20 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69c64fba85a08190ad270b010294f86a`	completed	March 27, 2026, 9:36 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69c6508c2fb481909da94b4f67e95ecf`	completed	March 27, 2026, 9:40 a.m.

Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:46 p.m.