Triple

T16956261
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Terry Eagleton E411310 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature
The Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford dedicated to the study and teaching of English literature.
E1242448 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: Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature | Statement: [Terry Eagleton, positionHeld, Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature
Context triple: [Terry Eagleton, positionHeld, Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature]
  • A. Merton Professor of English Language and Literature
    The Merton Professor of English Language and Literature is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford specializing in the study and teaching of English language and literary scholarship.
  • B. Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
    The Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford dedicated to the study and teaching of Old English language and literature.
  • C. Sather Professorship of Classical Literature
    The Sather Professorship of Classical Literature is a distinguished visiting lectureship at the University of California, Berkeley, awarded to leading scholars of ancient Greek and Roman culture and texts.
  • D. Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford
    The Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford is a prestigious, elected academic post traditionally held by distinguished poets and critics who deliver public lectures and contribute to the university’s literary life.
  • E. John Carey
    John Carey is a prominent British literary critic, scholar, and author known for his influential work on English literature and his accessible, often provocative essays and books.
  • 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: Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature
Triple: [Terry Eagleton, positionHeld, Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature]
Generated description
The Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford dedicated to the study and teaching of English literature.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature
Target entity description: The Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford dedicated to the study and teaching of English literature.
  • A. Merton Professor of English Language and Literature
    The Merton Professor of English Language and Literature is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford specializing in the study and teaching of English language and literary scholarship.
  • B. Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
    The Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford dedicated to the study and teaching of Old English language and literature.
  • C. Sather Professorship of Classical Literature
    The Sather Professorship of Classical Literature is a distinguished visiting lectureship at the University of California, Berkeley, awarded to leading scholars of ancient Greek and Roman culture and texts.
  • D. Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford
    The Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford is a prestigious, elected academic post traditionally held by distinguished poets and critics who deliver public lectures and contribute to the university’s literary life.
  • E. John Carey
    John Carey is an American businessman best known as one of the early founders involved in establishing the semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
  • 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_69d886c9c9d481909afe222093641cae completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d01c7b408190b5a2b6c62b050b76 completed April 18, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00d4666f14819095fc3bcf5e459b61 completed May 10, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00d51835c48190b1a37de6ac25ceaa completed May 10, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00d59b96108190a0e55f01529a0b64 completed May 10, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.