Triple
T390708
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University |
E8872
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasFaculty |
P141
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Howie Choset
Howie Choset is an American roboticist known for his work on snake robots and modular robotics, and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
|
E51688
|
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: Howie Choset | Statement: [Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, hasFaculty, Howie Choset]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howie Choset Context triple: [Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, hasFaculty, Howie Choset]
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A.
Rodney Brooks
Rodney Brooks is an influential roboticist and AI researcher known for pioneering behavior-based robotics and co-founding iRobot and Rethink Robotics.
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B.
Sebastian Thrun
Sebastian Thrun is a German-American computer scientist, roboticist, and entrepreneur best known for pioneering work in self-driving cars, founding Google X and Udacity, and advancing artificial intelligence and online education.
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C.
Curtis Priem
Curtis Priem is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and early chief technology officer of the graphics processing company NVIDIA.
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D.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
-
E.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
- 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: Howie Choset Triple: [Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, hasFaculty, Howie Choset]
Generated description
Howie Choset is an American roboticist known for his work on snake robots and modular robotics, and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howie Choset Target entity description: Howie Choset is an American roboticist known for his work on snake robots and modular robotics, and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
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A.
Rodney Brooks
Rodney Brooks is an influential roboticist and AI researcher known for pioneering behavior-based robotics and co-founding iRobot and Rethink Robotics.
-
B.
Sebastian Thrun
Sebastian Thrun is a German-American computer scientist, roboticist, and entrepreneur best known for pioneering work in self-driving cars, founding Google X and Udacity, and advancing artificial intelligence and online education.
-
C.
Curtis Priem
Curtis Priem is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and early chief technology officer of the graphics processing company NVIDIA.
-
D.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
-
E.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
- 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec5d73e881909101308a583c8f13 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a41772e19c8190b02a212f13b4d8aa |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a417d8d8ac8190b9e36238b7bd9132 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4184c1b1c8190b728a2ef5cdc8346 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:43 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.