Triple

T10221541

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Ernest Gellner	`E242591`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge The William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge.	`E850786`	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: William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge | Statement: [Ernest Gellner, positionHeld, William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge
Context triple: [Ernest Gellner, positionHeld, William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge]

A. Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
The Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic center for the study and research of human societies, cultures, and social relations.
B. Elliott Professor of Sociology
Elliott Professor of Sociology is an endowed academic chair in sociology held by distinguished scholars such as Robert N. Bellah at a major university.
C. Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
The Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic unit specializing in sociological research and teaching on contemporary social issues, inequalities, and institutions.
D. Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory
The Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford, held by leading scholars in political and social thought.
E. Martin White Professor of Sociology
The Martin White Professor of Sociology is a prestigious endowed chair at the London School of Economics, historically associated with leading figures in the development of modern sociology in Britain.
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: William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge
Triple: [Ernest Gellner, positionHeld, William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge]

Generated description

The William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge
Target entity description: The William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge.

A. Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
The Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic center for the study and research of human societies, cultures, and social relations.
B. Elliott Professor of Sociology
Elliott Professor of Sociology is an endowed academic chair in sociology held by distinguished scholars such as Robert N. Bellah at a major university.
C. Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
The Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic unit specializing in sociological research and teaching on contemporary social issues, inequalities, and institutions.
D. Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory
The Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford, held by leading scholars in political and social thought.
E. Martin White Professor of Sociology
The Martin White Professor of Sociology is a prestigious endowed chair at the London School of Economics, historically associated with leading figures in the development of modern sociology in Britain.
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_69d381ae26c48190985abd0e25ee5d04`	completed	April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d3aa740db88190ba707226e36de0ed`	completed	April 6, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69d6a838a0148190bc7f2aa33bb7230b`	completed	April 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69d6d0003434819093e3f82a556db79c`	completed	April 8, 2026, 10 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69d6df3c8f748190923db41ef1a9a03a`	completed	April 8, 2026, 11:05 p.m.

Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:09 a.m.