Triple

T143482
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James R. Killian Jr. E2902 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Killian
Killian is a surname most notably associated with James R. Killian Jr., an influential American engineer and former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 E33895 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: Killian | Statement: [James R. Killian Jr., familyName, Killian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Killian
Context triple: [James R. Killian Jr., familyName, Killian]
  • A. Foege
    Foege is the surname of William H. Foege, an American epidemiologist renowned for his pivotal role in the global eradication of smallpox.
  • B. Johan
    Johan is the given first name of J. Erik Jonsson, an American businessman and philanthropist who co-founded Texas Instruments and served as mayor of Dallas.
  • C. Bertram
    Bertram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in arts, architecture, and literature.
  • D. Gavin
    Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Arthur Kill
    Arthur Kill is a tidal strait between Staten Island, New York, and New Jersey that serves as a major industrial and shipping waterway in the New York–New Jersey harbor area.
  • 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: Killian
Triple: [James R. Killian Jr., familyName, Killian]
Generated description
Killian is a surname most notably associated with James R. Killian Jr., an influential American engineer and former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Killian
Target entity description: Killian is a surname most notably associated with James R. Killian Jr., an influential American engineer and former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • A. Foege
    Foege is the surname of William H. Foege, an American epidemiologist renowned for his pivotal role in the global eradication of smallpox.
  • B. Johan
    Johan is the given first name of J. Erik Jonsson, an American businessman and philanthropist who co-founded Texas Instruments and served as mayor of Dallas.
  • C. Bertram
    Bertram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in arts, architecture, and literature.
  • D. Gavin
    Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Arthur Kill
    Arthur Kill is a tidal strait between Staten Island, New York, and New Jersey that serves as a major industrial and shipping waterway in the New York–New Jersey harbor area.
  • 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_69a2521e35c08190b28e5c9f1e3c9b59 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257caf678819092e975d5167f9df4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3836d16d081909d8046cf6a10d421 completed March 1, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3848a1f948190858715e82d7eecc3 completed March 1, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a384e53d508190b29e60001c88f93b completed March 1, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.