Triple

T13628948

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	C. D. Darlington	`E325662`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford The Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in plant sciences, historically held by leading botanists and geneticists at the university.	`E1050803`	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: Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford | Statement: [C. D. Darlington, positionHeld, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford]

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

Target entity: Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford
Context triple: [C. D. Darlington, positionHeld, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford]

A. Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford
The Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in chemistry historically held by leading figures in the field.
B. Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge
The Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in geology, historically held by leading figures in the development of geological science in Britain.
C. Regius Professorship of Botany (Cambridge)
The Regius Professorship of Botany at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious royal-endowed chair in botanical science, held by leading scholars in plant biology.
D. Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Glasgow
The Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Glasgow is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in the biological and earth sciences at the University of Glasgow.
E. 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.
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: Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford
Triple: [C. D. Darlington, positionHeld, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford]

Generated description

The Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in plant sciences, historically held by leading botanists and geneticists at the university.

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

Target entity: Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford
Target entity description: The Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in plant sciences, historically held by leading botanists and geneticists at the university.

A. Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford
The Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in chemistry historically held by leading figures in the field.
B. Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge
The Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in geology, historically held by leading figures in the development of geological science in Britain.
C. Regius Professorship of Botany (Cambridge)
The Regius Professorship of Botany at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious royal-endowed chair in botanical science, held by leading scholars in plant biology.
D. Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Glasgow
The Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Glasgow is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in the biological and earth sciences at the University of Glasgow.
E. 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.
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_69d8076beddc8190a53156f5bea77f5e`	completed	April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69dbbe9d803481908101def32817b0eb`	completed	April 12, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69f77fa895f081908f72a0746afeabed`	completed	May 3, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69f78070e95c819088982e26fe2d8e26`	completed	May 3, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69f7815a858c8190a9ae47012d04f8e1`	completed	May 3, 2026, 5:09 p.m.

Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:51 p.m.