Triple

T9466655
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MIT Linguistics Section E228287 entity
Predicate notableFaculty P141 FINISHED
Object Edward Flemming
Edward Flemming is a linguist known for his influential work in phonetics and phonology and for serving as a prominent faculty member in MIT’s Linguistics program.
 E812815 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: Edward Flemming | Statement: [MIT Linguistics Section, notableFaculty, Edward Flemming]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Flemming
Context triple: [MIT Linguistics Section, notableFaculty, Edward Flemming]
  • A. Charles Fergusson
    Charles Fergusson was a senior British Army officer and general who played a prominent command role on the Western Front during World War I.
  • B. James Fleming
    James Fleming is a relatively common personal name shared by various individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
  • C. Thomas Sampson
    Thomas Sampson was a 16th-century English Puritan theologian and churchman known for his role in the early English Reformation and involvement with the Geneva Bible.
  • D. Philip Woodruff
    Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
  • E. John Fagan
    John Fagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Fagan.
  • 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: Edward Flemming
Triple: [MIT Linguistics Section, notableFaculty, Edward Flemming]
Generated description
Edward Flemming is a linguist known for his influential work in phonetics and phonology and for serving as a prominent faculty member in MIT’s Linguistics program.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Flemming
Target entity description: Edward Flemming is a linguist known for his influential work in phonetics and phonology and for serving as a prominent faculty member in MIT’s Linguistics program.
  • A. Charles Fergusson
    Charles Fergusson was a senior British Army officer and general who played a prominent command role on the Western Front during World War I.
  • B. James Fleming
    James Fleming is a relatively common personal name shared by various individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
  • C. Thomas Sampson
    Thomas Sampson was a 16th-century English Puritan theologian and churchman known for his role in the early English Reformation and involvement with the Geneva Bible.
  • D. Philip Woodruff
    Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
  • E. John Fagan
    John Fagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Fagan.
  • 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_69ca846fee388190a6ec273fd644b88b completed March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd7fdc08f08190ad17de08d2c2eca2 completed April 1, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d189e601508190b116fca9854057bc completed April 4, 2026, 10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d18aee8ef8819080ce061f3d145712 completed April 4, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d18b34d14881909b8da862c12f8727 completed April 4, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:53 p.m.