Triple
T123900
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Institute Professor at MIT |
E2504
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableHolder |
P1918
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sheila Widnall
Sheila Widnall is an American aerospace engineer and educator who became the first woman to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Air Force and is renowned for her contributions to fluid dynamics and aviation safety.
|
E13824
|
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: Sheila Widnall | Statement: [Institute Professor at MIT, hasNotableHolder, Sheila Widnall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheila Widnall Context triple: [Institute Professor at MIT, hasNotableHolder, Sheila Widnall]
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A.
Norman R. Augustine
Norman R. Augustine is an American aerospace engineer, business executive, and former CEO of Lockheed Martin known for his leadership in the defense industry and influential roles in national science and technology policy.
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B.
Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson is an American physicist and trailblazing academic leader renowned for her pioneering research in theoretical physics and for being one of the first Black women to earn a Ph.D. from MIT.
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C.
Sally K. Ride
Sally K. Ride was an American physicist and astronaut who became the first American woman in space and later served on high-level investigative panels into NASA shuttle disasters.
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D.
Jane Lubchenco
Jane Lubchenco is a prominent American marine ecologist and environmental scientist known for her leadership in ocean conservation, climate policy, and science communication.
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E.
Rebecca Brien Howland
Rebecca Brien Howland was the first wife of James Roosevelt I and the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s half-brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt.
- 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: Sheila Widnall Triple: [Institute Professor at MIT, hasNotableHolder, Sheila Widnall]
Generated description
Sheila Widnall is an American aerospace engineer and educator who became the first woman to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Air Force and is renowned for her contributions to fluid dynamics and aviation safety.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheila Widnall Target entity description: Sheila Widnall is an American aerospace engineer and educator who became the first woman to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Air Force and is renowned for her contributions to fluid dynamics and aviation safety.
-
A.
Norman R. Augustine
Norman R. Augustine is an American aerospace engineer, business executive, and former CEO of Lockheed Martin known for his leadership in the defense industry and influential roles in national science and technology policy.
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B.
Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson is an American physicist and trailblazing academic leader renowned for her pioneering research in theoretical physics and for being one of the first Black women to earn a Ph.D. from MIT.
-
C.
Sally K. Ride
Sally K. Ride was an American physicist and astronaut who became the first American woman in space and later served on high-level investigative panels into NASA shuttle disasters.
-
D.
Jane Lubchenco
Jane Lubchenco is a prominent American marine ecologist and environmental scientist known for her leadership in ocean conservation, climate policy, and science communication.
-
E.
Rebecca Brien Howland
Rebecca Brien Howland was the first wife of James Roosevelt I and the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s half-brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt.
- 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_69a251b54ea88190b18281669f59b4c0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25b816dbc8190b20e13c80a451e6b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2982485348190b2b361aef7b42fc9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a299032e748190b8f91ff2109c40fe |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a29af5cf3c8190a88b5cbabea72cc5 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:36 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.