Triple

T23425
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MIT Media Lab E465 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Jerome Wiesner
Jerome Wiesner was an American engineer, science advisor to President John F. Kennedy, and influential MIT president known for his leadership in science policy and technology innovation.
 E13695 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: Jerome Wiesner | Statement: [MIT Media Lab, foundedBy, Jerome Wiesner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jerome Wiesner
Context triple: [MIT Media Lab, foundedBy, Jerome Wiesner]
  • A. Charles M. Vest
    Charles M. Vest was an American engineer and educator who served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was widely recognized for his leadership in science and engineering policy.
  • B. James R. Killian Jr.
    James R. Killian Jr. was an American engineer and educator who served as president of MIT and as the first Special Assistant for Science and Technology to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  • C. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • D. Norman R. Augustine
    Norman R. Augustine is an American aerospace engineer, business executive, and former CEO of Lockheed Martin known for his leadership in the defense industry and influential roles in national science and technology policy.
  • E. Karl T. Compton
    Karl T. Compton was an American physicist and influential science administrator who served as president of MIT and played a major role in organizing U.S. scientific efforts during World War II.
  • 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: Jerome Wiesner
Triple: [MIT Media Lab, foundedBy, Jerome Wiesner]
Generated description
Jerome Wiesner was an American engineer, science advisor to President John F. Kennedy, and influential MIT president known for his leadership in science policy and technology innovation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jerome Wiesner
Target entity description: Jerome Wiesner was an American engineer, science advisor to President John F. Kennedy, and influential MIT president known for his leadership in science policy and technology innovation.
  • A. Charles M. Vest
    Charles M. Vest was an American engineer and educator who served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was widely recognized for his leadership in science and engineering policy.
  • B. James R. Killian Jr.
    James R. Killian Jr. was an American engineer and educator who served as president of MIT and as the first Special Assistant for Science and Technology to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  • C. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • D. Norman R. Augustine
    Norman R. Augustine is an American aerospace engineer, business executive, and former CEO of Lockheed Martin known for his leadership in the defense industry and influential roles in national science and technology policy.
  • E. Karl T. Compton
    Karl T. Compton was an American physicist and influential science administrator who served as president of MIT and played a major role in organizing U.S. scientific efforts during World War II.
  • 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_69a243b4ac2c8190b93c303df797b7b2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2466bdc7c81908bcd14b53a99cf4f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a29817d9d08190aea256b0fbbb2d9b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a298afe9dc8190973a06da446bca23 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a29bd348d481908c851de33ceaa42a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:40 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.