Triple

T2599381

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Joseph S. Nye Jr.	`E58305`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School The Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School is the chief academic and administrative leader of Harvard University's school of public policy and government, overseeing its educational programs, research, and strategic direction.	`E282648`	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: Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School | Statement: [Joseph S. Nye Jr., positionHeld, Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School]

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

Target entity: Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School
Context triple: [Joseph S. Nye Jr., positionHeld, Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School]

A. Yale University Provost
The Yale University Provost is the institution’s chief academic and budget officer, overseeing academic policies, resource allocation, and strategic planning across the university.
B. President of MIT
The President of MIT is the chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, responsible for its overall academic leadership, strategic direction, and institutional governance.
C. 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.
D. Interim President of Harvard University
The Interim President of Harvard University is the temporary chief executive officer of Harvard, responsible for overseeing the university’s academic, administrative, and financial operations during a leadership transition.
E. President of Middlebury College
The President of Middlebury College is the chief executive officer responsible for leading the institution’s academic, administrative, and strategic direction.
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: Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School
Triple: [Joseph S. Nye Jr., positionHeld, Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School]

Generated description

The Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School is the chief academic and administrative leader of Harvard University's school of public policy and government, overseeing its educational programs, research, and strategic direction.

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

Target entity: Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School
Target entity description: The Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School is the chief academic and administrative leader of Harvard University's school of public policy and government, overseeing its educational programs, research, and strategic direction.

A. Yale University Provost
The Yale University Provost is the institution’s chief academic and budget officer, overseeing academic policies, resource allocation, and strategic planning across the university.
B. President of MIT
The President of MIT is the chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, responsible for its overall academic leadership, strategic direction, and institutional governance.
C. 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.
D. Interim President of Harvard University
The Interim President of Harvard University is the temporary chief executive officer of Harvard, responsible for overseeing the university’s academic, administrative, and financial operations during a leadership transition.
E. President of Middlebury College
The President of Middlebury College is the chief executive officer responsible for leading the institution’s academic, administrative, and strategic direction.
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_69ab4ac14040819098b13f4a27d5c8ff`	completed	March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69abd4563b8c8190934616651e93654c`	completed	March 7, 2026, 7:31 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69af83cfdd6081908cdeb21243e73dda`	completed	March 10, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69af878cfbd8819092e81326bbb1dfd3`	completed	March 10, 2026, 2:53 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69af8809574c819087ebf57cf5cffb7c`	completed	March 10, 2026, 2:55 a.m.

Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.