Triple

T17487010
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Benjamin Peirce E425801 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Perkins Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics at Harvard University — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Perkins Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics at Harvard University | Statement: [Benjamin Peirce, positionHeld, Perkins Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics at Harvard University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Perkins Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics at Harvard University
Context triple: [Benjamin Peirce, positionHeld, Perkins Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics at Harvard University]
  • A. Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University
    The Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Harvard astronomy department, historically notable as the first such professorship in the field to be held by a woman.
  • B. Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University
    The Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences, historically associated with leading figures in theoretical and observational astronomy.
  • 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. Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University
    The Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the natural sciences held by distinguished faculty such as Nobel laureate Dudley R. Herschbach.
  • E. Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin
    The Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin is a prestigious academic chair in astronomy historically associated with the mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Perkins Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics at Harvard University
Target entity description: The Perkins Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair historically associated with leading contributions to both astronomical research and mathematical scholarship at the university.
  • A. Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University
    The Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Harvard astronomy department, historically notable as the first such professorship in the field to be held by a woman.
  • B. Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University
    The Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences, historically associated with leading figures in theoretical and observational astronomy.
  • 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. Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University
    The Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the natural sciences held by distinguished faculty such as Nobel laureate Dudley R. Herschbach.
  • E. Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin
    The Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin is a prestigious academic chair in astronomy historically associated with the mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d889dccf7481909264a1844a2e9100 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e451d2a5208190b25944626e779fdc completed April 19, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m.