Triple

T18912485
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject C. D. Wright E462641 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English
The Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English is a distinguished endowed chair in the English department at Brown University, recognizing exceptional achievement in literary scholarship or creative writing.
E1349465 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: Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English | Statement: [C. D. Wright, positionHeld, Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English
Context triple: [C. D. Wright, positionHeld, Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English]
  • 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. Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
    The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Regius Professorship of Hebrew (Cambridge)
    The Regius Professorship of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge is a historic royal-endowed chair dedicated to the advanced study and teaching of Hebrew language and related biblical and Near Eastern scholarship.
  • E. William A. Lane Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University
    The William A. Lane Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University is an endowed academic chair in Duke’s Comparative Literature program, notably held by influential literary and cultural theorist Fredric Jameson.
  • 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: Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English
Triple: [C. D. Wright, positionHeld, Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English]
Generated description
The Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English is a distinguished endowed chair in the English department at Brown University, recognizing exceptional achievement in literary scholarship or creative writing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English
Target entity description: The Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English is a distinguished endowed chair in the English department at Brown University, recognizing exceptional achievement in literary scholarship or creative writing.
  • 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. Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
    The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Regius Professorship of Hebrew (Cambridge)
    The Regius Professorship of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge is a historic royal-endowed chair dedicated to the advanced study and teaching of Hebrew language and related biblical and Near Eastern scholarship.
  • E. William A. Lane Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University
    The William A. Lane Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University is an endowed academic chair in Duke’s Comparative Literature program, notably held by influential literary and cultural theorist Fredric Jameson.
  • 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_69d8dcfdbbb881909964fa5a75bd0b48 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5c6238e288190b30311b5d80beafb completed April 20, 2026, 6:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05910ffc8081908738b5e7ef08d52c completed May 14, 2026, 9:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05932531ec8190813d393c85d7c398 completed May 14, 2026, 9:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0593b4c6b0819094d267c568332250 completed May 14, 2026, 9:19 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:58 a.m.