Triple
T7220145
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus |
E150236
|
entity |
| Predicate | heldBy |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Kailath |
E28003
|
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: Thomas Kailath | Statement: [Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, heldBy, Thomas Kailath]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Kailath Context triple: [Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, heldBy, Thomas Kailath]
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A.
Thomas Kailath
chosen
Thomas Kailath is an Indian-American electrical engineer and Stanford professor renowned for his influential contributions to information theory, control, and signal processing.
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B.
Gene F. Franklin
Gene F. Franklin was an influential American control systems engineer and educator known for his foundational contributions to control theory and engineering education.
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C.
Ronald N. Bracewell
Ronald N. Bracewell was an Australian-born radio astronomer and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work in radio interferometry, image reconstruction, and the conceptual design of the "Bracewell probe" for interstellar communication.
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D.
Alan S. Willsky
Alan S. Willsky is an American electrical engineer and MIT professor emeritus renowned for his contributions to statistical signal processing and control theory.
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E.
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
- 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_69c687effb44819092b95d07d0368c9f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e9b1a7908190bd215ffb84592e32 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7eec9fcd88190905139f6e4eb7684 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:53 p.m.