Triple

T501660
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject IEEE Control Systems Award E10414 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Michael Athans
Michael Athans was a prominent control theorist and MIT professor known for his pioneering contributions to modern control theory and systems engineering.
E179289 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: Michael Athans | Statement: [IEEE Control Systems Award, notableRecipient, Michael Athans]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Athans
Context triple: [IEEE Control Systems Award, notableRecipient, Michael Athans]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Michael Barrett
    Michael Barrett is an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous feature films and television projects, including mainstream comedies and action movies.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Chris Malachowsky
    Chris Malachowsky is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of NVIDIA, a leading technology company in graphics processing and AI computing.
  • E. Christopher Fettes
    Christopher Fettes is a theatre educator and director best known as the co-founder of Drama Centre London, an influential British drama school.
  • 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: Michael Athans
Triple: [IEEE Control Systems Award, notableRecipient, Michael Athans]
Generated description
Michael Athans was a prominent control theorist and MIT professor known for his pioneering contributions to modern control theory and systems engineering.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Athans
Target entity description: Michael Athans was a prominent control theorist and MIT professor known for his pioneering contributions to modern control theory and systems engineering.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Michael Barrett
    Michael Barrett is an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous feature films and television projects, including mainstream comedies and action movies.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Chris Malachowsky
    Chris Malachowsky is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of NVIDIA, a leading technology company in graphics processing and AI computing.
  • E. Christopher Fettes
    Christopher Fettes is a theatre educator and director best known as the co-founder of Drama Centre London, an influential British drama school.
  • 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_69a2e848adf881908e5e04f7af030093 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f131e2148190afd43402f505c73e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad3feda6b88190839b760b1f89af03 completed March 8, 2026, 9:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad40cb84d081908c6e1651989de716 completed March 8, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad41b1192c81909b89013d8296fd22 completed March 8, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.