Triple
T1302887
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alfred W. McCoy |
E27806
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Harrington Professor of History
Harrington Professor of History is a distinguished endowed academic chair in the field of history, held by historian Alfred W. McCoy.
|
E148756
|
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: Harrington Professor of History | Statement: [Alfred W. McCoy, positionHeld, Harrington Professor of History]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harrington Professor of History Context triple: [Alfred W. McCoy, positionHeld, Harrington Professor of History]
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A.
Beit Professor of Commonwealth History
The Beit Professor of Commonwealth History is a prestigious University of Oxford chair dedicated to the academic study and teaching of the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
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B.
Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History
The Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History is a distinguished endowed chair at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, held by historian Emma Georgina Rothschild.
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C.
Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
The Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in modern historical studies at the University of Cambridge.
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D.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
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E.
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
- 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: Harrington Professor of History Triple: [Alfred W. McCoy, positionHeld, Harrington Professor of History]
Generated description
Harrington Professor of History is a distinguished endowed academic chair in the field of history, held by historian Alfred W. McCoy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harrington Professor of History Target entity description: Harrington Professor of History is a distinguished endowed academic chair in the field of history, held by historian Alfred W. McCoy.
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A.
Beit Professor of Commonwealth History
The Beit Professor of Commonwealth History is a prestigious University of Oxford chair dedicated to the academic study and teaching of the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
-
B.
Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History
The Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History is a distinguished endowed chair at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, held by historian Emma Georgina Rothschild.
-
C.
Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
The Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in modern historical studies at the University of Cambridge.
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D.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
-
E.
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
- 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_69a496d7d83481908f83085854e51328 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c116d7d881908ee631258f80980e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acb3046a888190956f6bedb6ec589f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acb370c7cc81908a78bb5438416db6 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acb409b4d0819081266cf3e6c09164 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.