Triple
T9260250
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
E222556
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableFaculty |
P141
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
T.-C. Chiang
T.-C. Chiang is a prominent physicist known for his contributions to surface science and condensed matter physics, particularly through advanced photoemission spectroscopy studies.
|
E787806
|
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: T.-C. Chiang | Statement: [Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, hasNotableFaculty, T.-C. Chiang]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: T.-C. Chiang Context triple: [Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, hasNotableFaculty, T.-C. Chiang]
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A.
Paul Jen-kuei Li
Paul Jen-kuei Li is a Taiwanese linguist renowned for his work on Austronesian historical linguistics and the reconstruction of Proto-Austronesian.
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B.
Yuan-Cheng Fung
Yuan-Cheng Fung was a pioneering bioengineer often regarded as the "father of modern biomechanics" for his foundational contributions to the mechanics of living tissues.
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C.
Kuo-Chen Huang
Kuo-Chen Huang was a physicist whose work on electron–phonon coupling in solids led to the formulation of the Huang–Rhys factor in solid-state spectroscopy.
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D.
Tung-Mow Yan
Tung-Mow Yan is a theoretical physicist best known for co-formulating the Drell–Yan process, a fundamental mechanism for lepton pair production in high-energy particle collisions.
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E.
R. N. Kao
R. N. Kao was an Indian spymaster and intelligence officer best known for founding and leading India’s external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
- 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: T.-C. Chiang Triple: [Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, hasNotableFaculty, T.-C. Chiang]
Generated description
T.-C. Chiang is a prominent physicist known for his contributions to surface science and condensed matter physics, particularly through advanced photoemission spectroscopy studies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: T.-C. Chiang Target entity description: T.-C. Chiang is a prominent physicist known for his contributions to surface science and condensed matter physics, particularly through advanced photoemission spectroscopy studies.
-
A.
Paul Jen-kuei Li
Paul Jen-kuei Li is a Taiwanese linguist renowned for his work on Austronesian historical linguistics and the reconstruction of Proto-Austronesian.
-
B.
Yuan-Cheng Fung
Yuan-Cheng Fung was a pioneering bioengineer often regarded as the "father of modern biomechanics" for his foundational contributions to the mechanics of living tissues.
-
C.
Kuo-Chen Huang
Kuo-Chen Huang was a physicist whose work on electron–phonon coupling in solids led to the formulation of the Huang–Rhys factor in solid-state spectroscopy.
-
D.
Tung-Mow Yan
Tung-Mow Yan is a theoretical physicist best known for co-formulating the Drell–Yan process, a fundamental mechanism for lepton pair production in high-energy particle collisions.
-
E.
R. N. Kao
R. N. Kao was an Indian spymaster and intelligence officer best known for founding and leading India’s external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
- 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_69ca841e4cd481908e738c74e958eaea |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd07160e408190be4bd7b757260a0e |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:52 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d09bfb7dfc8190bc337a54083e0dd9 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d09cc5cdd481908903ae0e49c1085d |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d09d7364b48190ad3dd55711bd2534 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:32 p.m.