Triple

T429
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Public Welfare Medal E8 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object 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.
 E7491 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: Charles M. Vest | Statement: [Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, Charles M. Vest]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles M. Vest
Context triple: [Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, Charles M. Vest]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • C. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • D. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • E. Jerome H. Lemelson
    Jerome H. Lemelson was a prolific American inventor and patent holder known for his numerous innovations across diverse technological fields and for endowing major awards that support invention and entrepreneurship.
  • 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: Charles M. Vest
Triple: [Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, Charles M. Vest]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles M. Vest
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • C. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • D. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • E. Jerome H. Lemelson
    Jerome H. Lemelson was a prolific American inventor and patent holder known for his numerous innovations across diverse technological fields and for endowing major awards that support invention and entrepreneurship.
  • 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_69a222a954e48190b48f126a67485661 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a22919c9988190aa35ab58627ff950 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a25aac4900819093912edb0121ff9d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a25ba5676881908ac366ed6c0e0d1b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a25f907d908190a3aafe250cf58919 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 27, 2026, 11:04 p.m.