Triple

T326650
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Russell Lowell E6533 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object 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.
E41739 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: Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University | Statement: [James Russell Lowell, positionHeld, Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University
Context triple: [James Russell Lowell, positionHeld, Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University]
  • A. Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University
    The Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for a distinguished scholar of university-wide stature.
  • B. Institute Professor at MIT
    Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University
    The Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University is a distinguished endowed chair in the humanities, notably held by Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison.
  • E. Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
    The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University is the main academic division that oversees Harvard College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and several other schools, encompassing the university’s core liberal arts and sciences teaching and research.
  • 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: Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University
Triple: [James Russell Lowell, positionHeld, Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University
    The Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for a distinguished scholar of university-wide stature.
  • B. Institute Professor at MIT
    Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University
    The Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University is a distinguished endowed chair in the humanities, notably held by Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison.
  • E. Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
    The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University is the main academic division that oversees Harvard College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and several other schools, encompassing the university’s core liberal arts and sciences teaching and research.
  • 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_69a2e7933d6c8190bb2592ad13286ef2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea974d8481908c7d84f72a7728b6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3cfedb8a4819085970bddbd8ff9c1 completed March 1, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3d0575f588190990388e957d78847 completed March 1, 2026, 5:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3d0e13d3c8190b5618ddb66492f41 completed March 1, 2026, 5:38 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.