Triple
T3781572
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford |
E85428
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entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Rumford professorship at Harvard University
The Rumford professorship at Harvard University is an endowed chair in the physical sciences, especially heat and light, established through the bequest of physicist and inventor Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford.
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E387526
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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: Rumford professorship at Harvard University | Statement: [Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, founded, Rumford professorship at Harvard University]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rumford professorship at Harvard University Context triple: [Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, founded, Rumford professorship at Harvard University]
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A.
Harvard College Professorship
The Harvard College Professorship is a prestigious title awarded to outstanding Harvard faculty members in recognition of exceptional teaching, mentoring, and contributions to undergraduate education.
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B.
Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University
The Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s physics department, historically associated with leading theoretical physicists such as Nobel laureate Sheldon Glashow.
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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.
Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University
The Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the natural sciences held by distinguished faculty such as Nobel laureate Dudley R. Herschbach.
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E.
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.
- 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: Rumford professorship at Harvard University Triple: [Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, founded, Rumford professorship at Harvard University]
Generated description
The Rumford professorship at Harvard University is an endowed chair in the physical sciences, especially heat and light, established through the bequest of physicist and inventor Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rumford professorship at Harvard University Target entity description: The Rumford professorship at Harvard University is an endowed chair in the physical sciences, especially heat and light, established through the bequest of physicist and inventor Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford.
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A.
Harvard College Professorship
The Harvard College Professorship is a prestigious title awarded to outstanding Harvard faculty members in recognition of exceptional teaching, mentoring, and contributions to undergraduate education.
-
B.
Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University
The Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s physics department, historically associated with leading theoretical physicists such as Nobel laureate Sheldon Glashow.
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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.
-
D.
Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University
The Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the natural sciences held by distinguished faculty such as Nobel laureate Dudley R. Herschbach.
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E.
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.
- 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_69aed937fa8881908208ef3801060826 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aee3d98b38819094df9569b549124f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4f04353a881908e612a10572eb8c5 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4f0e77efc8190b4459d4559261a2f |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4f15cfde88190bcb2680b90f98111 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:13 p.m.