Triple

T20200868
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Acta Materialia Gold Medal E493212 entity
Predicate hasAwarded P2391 FINISHED
Object Michael F. Ashby
Michael F. Ashby is a British materials scientist renowned for pioneering materials selection methods and design tools that have profoundly influenced engineering education and practice.
 E1417615 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 F. Ashby | Statement: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, Michael F. Ashby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael F. Ashby
Context triple: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, Michael F. Ashby]
  • A. Jeffrey S. Ashby
    Jeffrey S. Ashby is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the early 2000s.
  • B. Geoffrey Smith
    Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
  • C. David Heneker
    David Heneker was a British songwriter and composer best known for his work in West End musical theatre, including hits like "Half a Sixpence" and "Charlie Girl."
  • D. David A. Hughes
    David A. Hughes is a British composer and musician best known for his film and television scores.
  • E. Richard G. Wilkinson
    Richard G. Wilkinson is a British social epidemiologist known for his influential research on income inequality and its effects on health and social outcomes.
  • 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 F. Ashby
Triple: [Acta Materialia Gold Medal, hasAwarded, Michael F. Ashby]
Generated description
Michael F. Ashby is a British materials scientist renowned for pioneering materials selection methods and design tools that have profoundly influenced engineering education and practice.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael F. Ashby
Target entity description: Michael F. Ashby is a British materials scientist renowned for pioneering materials selection methods and design tools that have profoundly influenced engineering education and practice.
  • A. Jeffrey S. Ashby
    Jeffrey S. Ashby is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the early 2000s.
  • B. Geoffrey Smith
    Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
  • C. David Heneker
    David Heneker was a British songwriter and composer best known for his work in West End musical theatre, including hits like "Half a Sixpence" and "Charlie Girl."
  • D. David A. Hughes
    David A. Hughes is a British composer and musician best known for his film and television scores.
  • E. Richard G. Wilkinson
    Richard G. Wilkinson is a British social epidemiologist known for his influential research on income inequality and its effects on health and social outcomes.
  • 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_69da6269614c8190bb40475d9d477358 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66d8d01648190b1b3a6e03f0258d8 completed April 20, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0843e8cd9c8190853f116ed0e4662b completed May 16, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0844d37fc48190a73ab9d45227e7eb completed May 16, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a084554462081908a1b801fe1528fa0 completed May 16, 2026, 10:22 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:37 p.m.