Triple

T11745381
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Vallance Douglas Hodge E279265 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge E500393 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge | Statement: [William Vallance Douglas Hodge, positionHeld, Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge
Context triple: [William Vallance Douglas Hodge, positionHeld, Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge]
  • A. Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry chosen
    The Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Cambridge dedicated to advanced research and teaching in astronomy and mathematics.
  • B. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
    The Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in astronomy and related physical sciences, historically held by leading figures in astrophysical research and teaching at the university.
  • C. Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford
    The Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in astronomy held by leading scholars, historically including figures such as Sir Christopher Wren.
  • D. Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford
    The Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford is a historic endowed chair in mathematics, established in the 17th century as one of the university’s most prestigious professorships in geometry.
  • E. Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
    The Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in pure mathematics held by some of the university’s most distinguished mathematicians.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69d6ab01038c819080714901502c84fc completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a4f2a38c8190a682d8dae1ab9415 completed April 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f019e4f0988190afe0b92f4c9d8073 completed April 28, 2026, 2:22 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.