Triple

T9579849
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics E231141 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Michael A. Ainslie
Michael A. Ainslie is a distinguished acoustician recognized for his significant contributions to the field, particularly in underwater and physical acoustics.
E821840 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: Michael A. Ainslie | Statement: [Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics, notableRecipient, Michael A. Ainslie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael A. Ainslie
Context triple: [Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics, notableRecipient, Michael A. Ainslie]
  • A. Michael J. Duthie
    Michael J. Duthie is a publishing professional best known for serving as an editor of the periodical The Outpost.
  • B. Richard K. Sutherland
    Richard K. Sutherland was a senior U.S. Army officer who served as General Douglas MacArthur’s chief of staff and key strategist in the Pacific during World War II.
  • C. Douglas Ainslie
    Douglas Ainslie is a mild-mannered, retired British man seeking a new start in India in the film "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," portrayed by Bill Nighy.
  • D. Douglas Slocombe
    Douglas Slocombe was a renowned British cinematographer celebrated for his work on numerous classic films, including major entries in the Indiana Jones series.
  • E. Jeffrey S. Mearns
    Jeffrey S. Mearns is an American academic leader and attorney who serves as the president of Ball State University in Indiana.
  • 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: Michael A. Ainslie
Triple: [Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics, notableRecipient, Michael A. Ainslie]
Generated description
Michael A. Ainslie is a distinguished acoustician recognized for his significant contributions to the field, particularly in underwater and physical acoustics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael A. Ainslie
Target entity description: Michael A. Ainslie is a distinguished acoustician recognized for his significant contributions to the field, particularly in underwater and physical acoustics.
  • A. Michael J. Duthie
    Michael J. Duthie is a publishing professional best known for serving as an editor of the periodical The Outpost.
  • B. Richard K. Sutherland
    Richard K. Sutherland was a senior U.S. Army officer who served as General Douglas MacArthur’s chief of staff and key strategist in the Pacific during World War II.
  • C. Douglas Ainslie
    Douglas Ainslie is a mild-mannered, retired British man seeking a new start in India in the film "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," portrayed by Bill Nighy.
  • D. Douglas Slocombe
    Douglas Slocombe was a renowned British cinematographer celebrated for his work on numerous classic films, including major entries in the Indiana Jones series.
  • E. Jeffrey S. Mearns
    Jeffrey S. Mearns is an American academic leader and attorney who serves as the president of Ball State University in Indiana.
  • 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_69ca848091c48190bc313d6620d09555 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd99ca96a48190a6fbe88387be6883 completed April 1, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1c3fd3a2c81909a19aafd70b3c150 completed April 5, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1c4b07cec8190a2e6c49efad3a841 completed April 5, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1c547a9808190b96face03c4203b0 completed April 5, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:05 p.m.