Triple

T7652285
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barry Barish E173280 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Linde Professor of Physics, Caltech
The Linde Professor of Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in the physics department at the California Institute of Technology, held by leading researchers in the field.
 E680366 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: Linde Professor of Physics, Caltech | Statement: [Barry Barish, positionHeld, Linde Professor of Physics, Caltech]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Linde Professor of Physics, Caltech
Context triple: [Barry Barish, positionHeld, Linde Professor of Physics, Caltech]
  • A. MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley
    The MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley is an endowed faculty chair in the University of California, Berkeley’s physics department, held by theoretical physicist Hitoshi Murayama.
  • B. Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology
    The Bren Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Caltech’s chemistry department, held by distinguished chemist Peter B. Dervan.
  • C. Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics, MIT
    The Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics at MIT is a prestigious endowed chair in the MIT Department of Physics, held by distinguished physicists recognized for their significant contributions to the field.
  • D. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech
    The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed chair in theoretical physics held by leading researchers such as gravitational physicist Kip Thorne.
  • E. Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT
    The Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT is a prestigious endowed chair in the MIT Department of Physics, named in honor of theoretical physicist Herman Feshbach and held by leading researchers in the field.
  • 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: Linde Professor of Physics, Caltech
Triple: [Barry Barish, positionHeld, Linde Professor of Physics, Caltech]
Generated description
The Linde Professor of Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in the physics department at the California Institute of Technology, held by leading researchers in the field.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Linde Professor of Physics, Caltech
Target entity description: The Linde Professor of Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in the physics department at the California Institute of Technology, held by leading researchers in the field.
  • A. MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley
    The MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley is an endowed faculty chair in the University of California, Berkeley’s physics department, held by theoretical physicist Hitoshi Murayama.
  • B. Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology
    The Bren Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Caltech’s chemistry department, held by distinguished chemist Peter B. Dervan.
  • C. Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics, MIT
    The Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics at MIT is a prestigious endowed chair in the MIT Department of Physics, held by distinguished physicists recognized for their significant contributions to the field.
  • D. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech
    The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed chair in theoretical physics held by leading researchers such as gravitational physicist Kip Thorne.
  • E. Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT
    The Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT is a prestigious endowed chair in the MIT Department of Physics, named in honor of theoretical physicist Herman Feshbach and held by leading researchers in the field.
  • 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_69c6995473348190a4f41d110d619a18 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c701770ac881909452348c9547ab47 completed March 27, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c89aeb66c081909f3a3d6385637c25 completed March 29, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c89ed393648190a32cf9267968faf5 completed March 29, 2026, 3:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c89f35a7488190a6a9bc3d10bedd5a completed March 29, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:58 p.m.