Triple

T20836667
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nancy Lynch E512975 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT
The NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT is an endowed faculty chair in computer science held by renowned theoretical computer scientist Nancy Lynch.
E1452098 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: NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT | Statement: [Nancy Lynch, positionHeld, NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT
Context triple: [Nancy Lynch, positionHeld, NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT]
  • A. An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard University
    The An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair recognizing a leading scholar in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science.
  • B. Institute Professor at MIT
    Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
  • C. Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University
    The Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Harvard's computer science department, once held by programming languages and security researcher Greg Morrisett.
  • D. Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC
    The Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC is an endowed academic chair at the University of Southern California focused on advancing research and education in software engineering.
  • E. Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego
    The Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s CSE department, historically held by prominent computer scientists such as Ronald L. Graham.
  • 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: NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT
Triple: [Nancy Lynch, positionHeld, NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT]
Generated description
The NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT is an endowed faculty chair in computer science held by renowned theoretical computer scientist Nancy Lynch.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT
Target entity description: The NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT is an endowed faculty chair in computer science held by renowned theoretical computer scientist Nancy Lynch.
  • A. An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard University
    The An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair recognizing a leading scholar in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science.
  • B. Institute Professor at MIT
    Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
  • C. Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University
    The Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Harvard's computer science department, once held by programming languages and security researcher Greg Morrisett.
  • D. Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC
    The Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC is an endowed academic chair at the University of Southern California focused on advancing research and education in software engineering.
  • E. Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego
    The Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s CSE department, historically held by prominent computer scientists such as Ronald L. Graham.
  • 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_69e0b4cf62a88190bbf92351e9e57259 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c326daec8190bd4caa41a4b38833 completed April 21, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a090084a1c481909a344ee40d846b10 completed May 16, 2026, 11:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0900fd590c8190b42faa5c5191189a completed May 16, 2026, 11:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0901950c1c8190befa72dc20236b9e completed May 16, 2026, 11:45 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:42 p.m.