Triple
T2296729
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edwin E. Salpeter |
E51632
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences
The James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences is a distinguished endowed professorship in the physical sciences at Cornell University.
|
E253719
|
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: James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences | Statement: [Edwin E. Salpeter, positionHeld, James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences Context triple: [Edwin E. Salpeter, positionHeld, James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences]
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A.
Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics, MIT
The Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics at MIT is a prestigious endowed chair in the MIT Department of Physics, held by distinguished physicists recognized for their significant contributions to the field.
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B.
Jack S. Josey–Welch Foundation Chair in Science
The Jack S. Josey–Welch Foundation Chair in Science is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the sciences, notably held by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Steven Weinberg.
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C.
Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics
The Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics is a distinguished endowed professorship at the California Institute of Technology named in honor of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and held by leading researchers in chemical physics.
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D.
Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor
The Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago awarded to scholars of exceptional distinction in their fields.
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E.
MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley
The MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley is an endowed faculty chair in the University of California, Berkeley’s physics department, held by theoretical physicist Hitoshi Murayama.
- 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: James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences Triple: [Edwin E. Salpeter, positionHeld, James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences]
Generated description
The James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences is a distinguished endowed professorship in the physical sciences at Cornell University.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences Target entity description: The James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences is a distinguished endowed professorship in the physical sciences at Cornell University.
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A.
Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics, MIT
The Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics at MIT is a prestigious endowed chair in the MIT Department of Physics, held by distinguished physicists recognized for their significant contributions to the field.
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B.
Jack S. Josey–Welch Foundation Chair in Science
The Jack S. Josey–Welch Foundation Chair in Science is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the sciences, notably held by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Steven Weinberg.
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C.
Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics
The Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics is a distinguished endowed professorship at the California Institute of Technology named in honor of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and held by leading researchers in chemical physics.
-
D.
Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor
The Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago awarded to scholars of exceptional distinction in their fields.
-
E.
MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley
The MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley is an endowed faculty chair in the University of California, Berkeley’s physics department, held by theoretical physicist Hitoshi Murayama.
- 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_69a88b0a9f248190bcff941463d8f65a |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc5ddf00081909acb47cbd9a5f20e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:29 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7f28db6c81909dbe55c704307da6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae7fd6e8608190b48f3a50ee62d664 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae804b402c81909a5fc68c6ee3decb |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:09 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.