Triple

T1496639
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Tyrrel Channing E29701 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University E122102 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: Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University | Statement: [Edward Tyrrel Channing, positionHeld, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University
Context triple: [Edward Tyrrel Channing, positionHeld, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University]
  • A. Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University chosen
    The Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the English department historically held by distinguished scholars and writers in the fields of rhetoric, oratory, and literature.
  • B. Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University
    The Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, historically associated with leading scholars such as poet and critic James Russell Lowell.
  • C. Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University
    The Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s physics department, historically associated with leading theoretical physicists such as Nobel laureate Sheldon Glashow.
  • D. Interim President of Harvard University
    The Interim President of Harvard University is the temporary chief executive officer of Harvard, responsible for overseeing the university’s academic, administrative, and financial operations during a leadership transition.
  • E. University Professor at Boston University
    University Professor at Boston University is a prestigious senior academic title awarded to distinguished scholars at Boston University in recognition of exceptional achievement and impact in their fields.
  • 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_69a498dba1d8819093b46a3a8d2485f1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c6edca248190a90205799b270058 completed March 1, 2026, 11:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad1caf8b288190b428cf903db2c107 completed March 8, 2026, 6:52 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:12 p.m.