Triple
T3362165
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nikki Giovanni |
E70746
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech
University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech is a prestigious academic title awarded to select faculty members at Virginia Tech in recognition of exceptional scholarly achievement, teaching, and service.
|
E351482
|
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: University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech | Statement: [Nikki Giovanni, positionHeld, University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech Context triple: [Nikki Giovanni, positionHeld, University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech]
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A.
Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s computer science department, historically held by influential computer scientist Fred Brooks.
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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.
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C.
Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an academic position held by faculty members who teach, conduct research, and contribute to scholarship at the renowned science and engineering-focused university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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D.
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor is an honorary academic title recognizing exceptional scholarly achievement and impact within a university’s College of Arts and Sciences.
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E.
Writer-in-Residence at the University of Virginia
The Writer-in-Residence at the University of Virginia is a distinguished literary post created to host prominent authors on campus for teaching, mentorship, and public engagement in the literary arts.
- 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: University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech Triple: [Nikki Giovanni, positionHeld, University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech]
Generated description
University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech is a prestigious academic title awarded to select faculty members at Virginia Tech in recognition of exceptional scholarly achievement, teaching, and service.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech Target entity description: University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech is a prestigious academic title awarded to select faculty members at Virginia Tech in recognition of exceptional scholarly achievement, teaching, and service.
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A.
Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s computer science department, historically held by influential computer scientist Fred Brooks.
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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.
Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an academic position held by faculty members who teach, conduct research, and contribute to scholarship at the renowned science and engineering-focused university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
-
D.
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor is an honorary academic title recognizing exceptional scholarly achievement and impact within a university’s College of Arts and Sciences.
-
E.
Writer-in-Residence at the University of Virginia
The Writer-in-Residence at the University of Virginia is a distinguished literary post created to host prominent authors on campus for teaching, mentorship, and public engagement in the literary arts.
- 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_69ad85a660c48190998489309a3b4869 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb26906948190851a7b7d543a4d64 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b32546651481908dc6ab15b3344788 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b3280b712c8190875d5d35a1795bcd |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b328ad98cc819092f5b92eb4abd1b7 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:13 p.m.