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]
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A.
Vannevar Bush
American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
foundedOn
Indicates that an entity was established, created, or brought into existence on a specific date or point in time.
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B.
fundedBy
Indicates that an entity receives financial support or resources from another entity.
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C.
successor
Indicates that one entity directly follows another in an ordered sequence or position.
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D.
formerName
Indicates that an entity was previously known by a different name in the past.
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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.