Triple

T20733448

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Bernard Bailyn	`E509628`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University The Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the History Department, historically associated with leading scholars of early American and Atlantic history.	`E1447499`	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: Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University | Statement: [Bernard Bailyn, positionHeld, Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University
Context triple: [Bernard Bailyn, positionHeld, Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University]

A. Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University
The Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University is a distinguished endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar whose work bridges historical analysis and political science.
B. Archibald Cary Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University
The Archibald Cary Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s History Department, named in honor of influential historian and librarian Archibald Cary Coolidge.
C. University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University
Joseph S. Nye Jr. is a prominent American political scientist and international relations scholar best known for developing the concept of "soft power" and his influential work on U.S. foreign policy.
D. Smith Professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard University
The Smith Professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in art history at Harvard, historically associated with leading scholars such as Charles Eliot Norton.
E. Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University
The Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in political science historically associated with leading scholars such as Samuel P. Huntington.
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: Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University
Triple: [Bernard Bailyn, positionHeld, Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University]

Generated description

The Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the History Department, historically associated with leading scholars of early American and Atlantic history.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University
Target entity description: The Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the History Department, historically associated with leading scholars of early American and Atlantic history.

A. Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University
The Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University is a distinguished endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar whose work bridges historical analysis and political science.
B. Archibald Cary Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University
The Archibald Cary Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s History Department, named in honor of influential historian and librarian Archibald Cary Coolidge.
C. University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University
Joseph S. Nye Jr. is a prominent American political scientist and international relations scholar best known for developing the concept of "soft power" and his influential work on U.S. foreign policy.
D. Smith Professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard University
The Smith Professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in art history at Harvard, historically associated with leading scholars such as Charles Eliot Norton.
E. Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University
The Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in political science historically associated with leading scholars such as Samuel P. Huntington.
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_69e0b4c589c08190834fb5d86d0efa2b`	completed	April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e6c1ef3040819085c8056e75571104`	completed	April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a08e06307408190b69d60e62b47d4c3`	completed	May 16, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a08e15d93ec8190bbe859fb42a4a5ac`	completed	May 16, 2026, 9:27 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a08e25d8cb08190ba75b792aac192ab`	completed	May 16, 2026, 9:32 p.m.

Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:31 p.m.