Triple

T12599766
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steven Balbus E300825 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford E54304 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: Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford | Statement: [Steven Balbus, positionHeld, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford
Context triple: [Steven Balbus, positionHeld, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford]
  • A. Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford chosen
    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.
  • 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. Wykeham Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford
    The Wykeham Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in theoretical and experimental physics held by some of the university’s most distinguished physicists.
  • 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. Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry
    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.
  • 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_69d7bdea2ca881908f379526c13b1145 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d954d096d08190afa1f685bad68d35 completed April 10, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f65ec92c6c8190bd2d193e70940407 completed May 2, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:09 p.m.