Triple

T15788708
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jonathan Lear E382805 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor
The John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, typically held by a leading scholar in the humanities or social sciences.
 E1177243 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: John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor | Statement: [Jonathan Lear, positionHeld, John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor
Context triple: [Jonathan Lear, positionHeld, John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor
    The Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago awarded to scholars of exceptional distinction in their fields.
  • C. S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor
    The S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago named in honor of Nobel laureate astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
  • D. Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions
    The Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, typically held by a leading scholar in American economic and political institutions.
  • E. Alva O. Way University Professor
    The Alva O. Way University Professor is a distinguished endowed professorship at Brown University held by eminent historian Gordon S. Wood.
  • 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: John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor
Triple: [Jonathan Lear, positionHeld, John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor]
Generated description
The John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, typically held by a leading scholar in the humanities or social sciences.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor
Target entity description: The John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, typically held by a leading scholar in the humanities or social sciences.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor
    The Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago awarded to scholars of exceptional distinction in their fields.
  • C. S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor
    The S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago named in honor of Nobel laureate astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
  • D. Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions
    The Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, typically held by a leading scholar in American economic and political institutions.
  • E. Alva O. Way University Professor
    The Alva O. Way University Professor is a distinguished endowed professorship at Brown University held by eminent historian Gordon S. Wood.
  • 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_69d86da16e188190b89af699f1ed0bfe completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e054048ff48190ad107c890ef73166 completed April 16, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff90a87e3c8190a1c5b13cbfdff54a completed May 9, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff949339b88190bd105ffa0c169b54 completed May 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff950e053881908d207f4c172e2ea4 completed May 9, 2026, 8:11 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:48 a.m.