Triple

T732836
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MIT School of Engineering E14866 entity
Predicate hasDepartment P35 FINISHED
Object Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT is a leading academic and research department focused on advancing mechanical sciences, engineering design, and innovation across areas such as robotics, energy, manufacturing, and ocean engineering.
E90612 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: Department of Mechanical Engineering | Statement: [MIT School of Engineering, hasDepartment, Department of Mechanical Engineering]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Context triple: [MIT School of Engineering, hasDepartment, Department of Mechanical Engineering]
  • A. Department of Mechanical Engineering
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the Faculty of Engineering.
  • B. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
    The Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering is an academic unit specializing in mechanical engineering and related disciplines within the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • C. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Carnegie Mellon University)
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University is a leading academic and research unit known for its strengths in robotics, energy systems, advanced manufacturing, and computational engineering.
  • D. School of Mechanical Science and Engineering
    The School of Mechanical Science and Engineering is a major academic unit of Huazhong University of Science and Technology specializing in mechanical engineering education and research.
  • E. Department of Aerospace Engineering
    The Department of Aerospace Engineering is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of aircraft, spacecraft, and related technologies within the Grainger College of Engineering.
  • 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: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Triple: [MIT School of Engineering, hasDepartment, Department of Mechanical Engineering]
Generated description
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT is a leading academic and research department focused on advancing mechanical sciences, engineering design, and innovation across areas such as robotics, energy, manufacturing, and ocean engineering.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Target entity description: The Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT is a leading academic and research department focused on advancing mechanical sciences, engineering design, and innovation across areas such as robotics, energy, manufacturing, and ocean engineering.
  • A. Department of Mechanical Engineering
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the Faculty of Engineering.
  • B. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
    The Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering is an academic unit specializing in mechanical engineering and related disciplines within the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • C. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Carnegie Mellon University)
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University is a leading academic and research unit known for its strengths in robotics, energy systems, advanced manufacturing, and computational engineering.
  • D. School of Mechanical Science and Engineering
    The School of Mechanical Science and Engineering is a major academic unit of Huazhong University of Science and Technology specializing in mechanical engineering education and research.
  • E. Department of Aerospace Engineering
    The Department of Aerospace Engineering is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of aircraft, spacecraft, and related technologies within the Grainger College of Engineering.
  • 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_69a4934d9930819099eed80096b0597d completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a5d5a6b48190a2c81bfc3c6faa25 completed March 1, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a65e3df8e48190905f89acbf7f3667 completed March 3, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a663f6db448190b82c18393b6c7a3c completed March 3, 2026, 4:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a6646c5d3c81909b51268eaf8d14be completed March 3, 2026, 4:32 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.