Triple

T162
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology E3 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object William Barton Rogers
William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
E58 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: William Barton Rogers | Statement: [Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founder, William Barton Rogers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Barton Rogers
Context triple: [Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founder, William Barton Rogers]
  • A. Vannevar Bush
    American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
  • B. Edwin H. Armstrong
    Edwin H. Armstrong was a pioneering American electrical engineer and inventor best known for developing frequency modulation (FM) radio and several fundamental radio technologies.
  • C. Lee de Forest
    Lee de Forest was an American inventor and radio pioneer best known for creating the Audion vacuum tube, a key development in early electronics and wireless communication.
  • D. J. C. R. Licklider
    J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
  • E. Andrew Carnegie
    Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who led the expansion of the U.S. steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of history’s most prominent benefactors of education and science.
  • 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: William Barton Rogers
Triple: [Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founder, William Barton Rogers]
Generated description
William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Barton Rogers
Target entity description: William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
  • A. Vannevar Bush
    American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
  • B. Edwin H. Armstrong
    Edwin H. Armstrong was a pioneering American electrical engineer and inventor best known for developing frequency modulation (FM) radio and several fundamental radio technologies.
  • C. Lee de Forest
    Lee de Forest was an American inventor and radio pioneer best known for creating the Audion vacuum tube, a key development in early electronics and wireless communication.
  • D. J. C. R. Licklider
    J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
  • E. Andrew Carnegie
    Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who led the expansion of the U.S. steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of history’s most prominent benefactors of education and science.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: founder
Context triple: [Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founder, William Barton Rogers]
  • A. foundedOn
    Indicates that an entity was established, created, or brought into existence on a specific date or point in time.
  • B. fundedBy
    Indicates that an entity receives financial support or resources from another entity.
  • C. successor
    Indicates that one entity directly follows another in an ordered sequence or position.
  • D. formerName
    Indicates that an entity was previously known by a different name in the past.
  • E. predecessor
    Indicates that one entity comes before another in an ordered sequence or succession.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a222a954e48190b48f126a67485661 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a228187e888190b2bb2aee9a69b61b completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a23296d6a881908dbf9acacf9fb94f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a23385a92c81909dc72e5193d32d36 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a234b8f2648190881fdeb4a864617f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:20 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a226e6f58881908808f6985f779c3c completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a22817db00819086e6d17b6a525bdc completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 27, 2026, 11:04 p.m.