Triple

T6630417
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ronald Breslow E149907 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University
The Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University is a distinguished endowed chair in the university’s chemistry department, held by leading researchers recognized for exceptional contributions to the field.
E601251 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: Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University | Statement: [Ronald Breslow, positionHeld, Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University
Context triple: [Ronald Breslow, positionHeld, Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University]
  • 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • 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: Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University
Triple: [Ronald Breslow, positionHeld, Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University]
Generated description
The Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University is a distinguished endowed chair in the university’s chemistry department, held by leading researchers recognized for exceptional contributions to the field.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University
Target entity description: The Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University is a distinguished endowed chair in the university’s chemistry department, held by leading researchers recognized for exceptional contributions to the field.
  • 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • 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_69c687ee50048190aa151765bef16193 completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6afa5c9b48190b645be96d446d0ca completed March 27, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6cbeef9f48190aea2e97a1f8735ee completed March 27, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6cdc0a90c81909ed2b661320135b3 completed March 27, 2026, 6:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6ce70442c8190a12a6c6eb76c5269 completed March 27, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:59 p.m.