Triple

T7292712
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alan S. Willsky E164436 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering
The Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering is a distinguished endowed chair at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recognizing exceptional scholarship and leadership in electrical engineering.
E656014 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: Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering | Statement: [Alan S. Willsky, positionHeld, Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering
Context triple: [Alan S. Willsky, positionHeld, Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering]
  • A. Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    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. 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.
  • C. Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering
    The Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in chemical engineering, typically held by a leading researcher recognized for significant contributions to the field.
  • D. Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science
    The Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science is a prestigious endowed chair at Stanford University’s Computer Science Department, held by leading scholars such as database theorist Jeffrey D. Ullman.
  • E. Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
    Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus is an endowed emeritus professorship in engineering at Stanford University held by distinguished scholar Thomas Kailath.
  • 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: Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering
Triple: [Alan S. Willsky, positionHeld, Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering]
Generated description
The Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering is a distinguished endowed chair at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recognizing exceptional scholarship and leadership in electrical engineering.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering
Target entity description: The Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering is a distinguished endowed chair at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recognizing exceptional scholarship and leadership in electrical engineering.
  • A. Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    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. 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.
  • C. Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering
    The Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in chemical engineering, typically held by a leading researcher recognized for significant contributions to the field.
  • D. Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science
    The Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science is a prestigious endowed chair at Stanford University’s Computer Science Department, held by leading scholars such as database theorist Jeffrey D. Ullman.
  • E. Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
    Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus is an endowed emeritus professorship in engineering at Stanford University held by distinguished scholar Thomas Kailath.
  • 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_69c6887a499881909dd23341399c59d8 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6eb6fc5788190b1b339d051f93c22 completed March 27, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7e53faa0481909758a7366cbbe99f completed March 28, 2026, 2:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7e68e8cc08190b21a9d095bb96394 completed March 28, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7e76f3cd88190957e096c81e6e803 completed March 28, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3 p.m.