Triple

T8580820
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Emil Wolf E203171 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Wilson Professor of Optical Physics
The Wilson Professor of Optical Physics is a distinguished academic chair in optical physics held by renowned physicist Emil Wolf, known for his foundational contributions to the theory of coherence and modern optics.
 E743409 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: Wilson Professor of Optical Physics | Statement: [Emil Wolf, positionHeld, Wilson Professor of Optical Physics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Wilson Professor of Optical Physics
Context triple: [Emil Wolf, positionHeld, Wilson Professor of Optical Physics]
  • A. Langworthy Professor of Physics
    The Langworthy Professor of Physics is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Manchester historically associated with leading physicists.
  • B. Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics
    The Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics is a prestigious chair in physics at the University of Cambridge, historically held by leading experimental physicists.
  • C. Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics
    The Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics is a prestigious endowed chair in theoretical physics at Stanford University, notably held by physicist Leonard Susskind.
  • D. Linde Professor of Physics, Caltech
    The Linde Professor of Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in the physics department at the California Institute of Technology, held by leading researchers in the field.
  • E. Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy
    The Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy is a historic endowed chair at the University of Oxford devoted to advanced research and teaching in mathematics and theoretical physics.
  • 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: Wilson Professor of Optical Physics
Triple: [Emil Wolf, positionHeld, Wilson Professor of Optical Physics]
Generated description
The Wilson Professor of Optical Physics is a distinguished academic chair in optical physics held by renowned physicist Emil Wolf, known for his foundational contributions to the theory of coherence and modern optics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Wilson Professor of Optical Physics
Target entity description: The Wilson Professor of Optical Physics is a distinguished academic chair in optical physics held by renowned physicist Emil Wolf, known for his foundational contributions to the theory of coherence and modern optics.
  • A. Langworthy Professor of Physics
    The Langworthy Professor of Physics is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Manchester historically associated with leading physicists.
  • B. Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics
    The Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics is a prestigious chair in physics at the University of Cambridge, historically held by leading experimental physicists.
  • C. Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics
    The Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics is a prestigious endowed chair in theoretical physics at Stanford University, notably held by physicist Leonard Susskind.
  • D. Linde Professor of Physics, Caltech
    The Linde Professor of Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in the physics department at the California Institute of Technology, held by leading researchers in the field.
  • E. Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy
    The Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy is a historic endowed chair at the University of Oxford devoted to advanced research and teaching in mathematics and theoretical physics.
  • 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_69ca8328ebe481909a8c038fa79959b4 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbeb1a026c819089183f542eeb7837 completed March 31, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce89ae87f08190b83bc539e1d4eeaa completed April 2, 2026, 3:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce8d6ce1788190bab10eb05d3ccd2e completed April 2, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce8e0ea1608190af74d0e49f149454 completed April 2, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:22 p.m.