Triple
T4253198
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Peter B. Dervan |
E95907
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology
The Bren Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Caltech’s chemistry department, held by distinguished chemist Peter B. Dervan.
|
E423838
|
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: Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology | Statement: [Peter B. Dervan, positionHeld, Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology Context triple: [Peter B. Dervan, positionHeld, Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology]
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A.
J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University
The J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University is a distinguished endowed chair in theoretical chemistry named after pioneering American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs.
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B.
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.
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C.
Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University
The Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, historically associated with leading researchers such as Nobel laureate Elias J. Corey.
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D.
Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech
The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed chair in theoretical physics held by leading researchers such as gravitational physicist Kip Thorne.
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E.
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry
The James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry is a prestigious endowed professorship at Princeton University held by Nobel Prize–winning chemist David W. C. MacMillan.
- 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: Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology Triple: [Peter B. Dervan, positionHeld, Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology]
Generated description
The Bren Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Caltech’s chemistry department, held by distinguished chemist Peter B. Dervan.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology Target entity description: The Bren Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Caltech’s chemistry department, held by distinguished chemist Peter B. Dervan.
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A.
J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University
The J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University is a distinguished endowed chair in theoretical chemistry named after pioneering American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs.
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B.
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.
-
C.
Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University
The Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, historically associated with leading researchers such as Nobel laureate Elias J. Corey.
-
D.
Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech
The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed chair in theoretical physics held by leading researchers such as gravitational physicist Kip Thorne.
-
E.
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry
The James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry is a prestigious endowed professorship at Princeton University held by Nobel Prize–winning chemist David W. C. MacMillan.
- 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_69b3453f759881909b91f01a1e82c036 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34ebe6fbc8190a89269b478b3f435 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5a8845e6081908bbf1aef2a2da754 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5a8f374fc8190830286dfadc9bdbb |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5a99a4a9c8190a7e9bbc119d8d775 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:06 p.m.