Triple

T11002533

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Patricia Churchland	`E260035`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	UC President’s Professor of Philosophy UC President’s Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished academic title within the University of California system awarded to eminent philosophers recognized for their significant contributions to the field.	`E898996`	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: UC President’s Professor of Philosophy | Statement: [Patricia Churchland, positionHeld, UC President’s Professor of Philosophy]

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

Target entity: UC President’s Professor of Philosophy
Context triple: [Patricia Churchland, positionHeld, UC President’s Professor of Philosophy]

A. Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy
The Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, held by leading scholars such as Bernard Williams.
B. Vera List Professor of Philosophy
The Vera List Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed academic chair in philosophy, notably held by American philosopher Richard J. Bernstein at the New School for Social Research.
C. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy
The John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of Notre Dame held by leading scholars such as Alvin Plantinga.
D. Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy
The Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy is an endowed academic chair in philosophy held by linguist and cognitive scientist Ray Jackendoff.
E. John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy
The John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair in the philosophy department at the University of Notre Dame.
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: UC President’s Professor of Philosophy
Triple: [Patricia Churchland, positionHeld, UC President’s Professor of Philosophy]

Generated description

UC President’s Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished academic title within the University of California system awarded to eminent philosophers recognized for their significant contributions to the field.

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

Target entity: UC President’s Professor of Philosophy
Target entity description: UC President’s Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished academic title within the University of California system awarded to eminent philosophers recognized for their significant contributions to the field.

A. Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy
The Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, held by leading scholars such as Bernard Williams.
B. Vera List Professor of Philosophy
The Vera List Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed academic chair in philosophy, notably held by American philosopher Richard J. Bernstein at the New School for Social Research.
C. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy
The John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of Notre Dame held by leading scholars such as Alvin Plantinga.
D. Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy
The Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy is an endowed academic chair in philosophy held by linguist and cognitive scientist Ray Jackendoff.
E. John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy
The John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair in the philosophy department at the University of Notre Dame.
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_69d6aa8a6a548190a750f944ccdc8064`	completed	April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d797546f448190946ee6442d657dc5`	completed	April 9, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69e3453d181081908cb58a957f4d1295`	completed	April 18, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69e35570b0bc8190a939b0c8e3ce8105`	completed	April 18, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69e359508a388190a16d48a17015e13e`	completed	April 18, 2026, 10:13 a.m.

Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.