Triple

T4966542
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zdeněk P. Bažant E111539 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University
McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty position in Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, held by leading scholars such as structural engineer Zdeněk P. Bažant.
E483191 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: McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University | Statement: [Zdeněk P. Bažant, positionHeld, McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University
Context triple: [Zdeněk P. Bažant, positionHeld, McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University]
  • A. George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
    The George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the Department of Chemistry, named in honor of biotechnology pioneer George B. Rathmann.
  • B. Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
    The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
  • C. Chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago
    The Chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago is the chief executive officer responsible for leading the campus’s academic, administrative, and strategic operations within the University of Illinois system.
  • D. Institute Professor at MIT
    Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
  • E. Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University
    The Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the natural sciences held by distinguished faculty such as Nobel laureate Dudley R. Herschbach.
  • 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: McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University
Triple: [Zdeněk P. Bažant, positionHeld, McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University]
Generated description
McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty position in Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, held by leading scholars such as structural engineer Zdeněk P. Bažant.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University
Target entity description: McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty position in Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, held by leading scholars such as structural engineer Zdeněk P. Bažant.
  • A. George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
    The George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the Department of Chemistry, named in honor of biotechnology pioneer George B. Rathmann.
  • B. Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
    The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
  • C. Chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago
    The Chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago is the chief executive officer responsible for leading the campus’s academic, administrative, and strategic operations within the University of Illinois system.
  • D. Institute Professor at MIT
    Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
  • E. Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University
    The Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the natural sciences held by distinguished faculty such as Nobel laureate Dudley R. Herschbach.
  • 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_69bd4419393c819086319a6fe4bf8542 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd71f7ae388190b752770bf577906f completed March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be81f13988819097dcd5a65cb1f502 completed March 21, 2026, 11:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be83b10e048190889289ac2ca9f07f completed March 21, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be843e2e50819099b2b73498c7c16e completed March 21, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.