Triple

T8127279
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ali Hajimiri E189762 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech
The Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech is a distinguished endowed professorship in Caltech’s Electrical Engineering department, held by leading researchers such as Ali Hajimiri.
E714674 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: Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech | Statement: [Ali Hajimiri, positionHeld, Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech
Context triple: [Ali Hajimiri, positionHeld, Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Herbert S. Winokur Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University
    The Herbert S. Winokur Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, held by a leading scholar recognized for outstanding contributions to research and education in engineering and applied sciences.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Vice Provost of California Institute of Technology
    The Vice Provost of the California Institute of Technology is a senior academic administrator responsible for overseeing key aspects of the institute’s educational and research programs and supporting the provost in institutional governance.
  • 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: Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech
Triple: [Ali Hajimiri, positionHeld, Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech]
Generated description
The Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech is a distinguished endowed professorship in Caltech’s Electrical Engineering department, held by leading researchers such as Ali Hajimiri.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech
Target entity description: The Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech is a distinguished endowed professorship in Caltech’s Electrical Engineering department, held by leading researchers such as Ali Hajimiri.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Herbert S. Winokur Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University
    The Herbert S. Winokur Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, held by a leading scholar recognized for outstanding contributions to research and education in engineering and applied sciences.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Vice Provost of California Institute of Technology
    The Vice Provost of the California Institute of Technology is a senior academic administrator responsible for overseeing key aspects of the institute’s educational and research programs and supporting the provost in institutional governance.
  • 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_69ca82bb74848190afb1f18640632c10 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb438ff4e08190a9af0f3e6401c9b2 completed March 31, 2026, 3:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc947303f881908e16af664fb74dc8 completed April 1, 2026, 3:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cca83322748190bdd532552d972089 completed April 1, 2026, 5:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cca913304c8190a0ce9c468d98269f completed April 1, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:34 p.m.