Triple

T4585400

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	William Rowan Hamilton	`E101954`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin The Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin is a prestigious academic chair in astronomy historically associated with the mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton.	`E455348`	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: Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin | Statement: [William Rowan Hamilton, positionHeld, Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin]

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

Target entity: Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin
Context triple: [William Rowan Hamilton, positionHeld, Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin]

A. Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University
The Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences, historically associated with leading figures in theoretical and observational astronomy.
B. Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford
The Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in astronomy held by leading scholars, historically including figures such as Sir Christopher Wren.
C. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
The Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in astronomy and related physical sciences, historically held by leading figures in astrophysical research and teaching at the university.
D. Wykeham Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford
The Wykeham Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in theoretical and experimental physics held by some of the university’s most distinguished physicists.
E. 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.
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: Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin
Triple: [William Rowan Hamilton, positionHeld, Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin]

Generated description

The Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin is a prestigious academic chair in astronomy historically associated with the mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton.

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

Target entity: Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin
Target entity description: The Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin is a prestigious academic chair in astronomy historically associated with the mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton.

A. Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University
The Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences, historically associated with leading figures in theoretical and observational astronomy.
B. Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford
The Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in astronomy held by leading scholars, historically including figures such as Sir Christopher Wren.
C. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
The Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in astronomy and related physical sciences, historically held by leading figures in astrophysical research and teaching at the university.
D. Wykeham Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford
The Wykeham Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in theoretical and experimental physics held by some of the university’s most distinguished physicists.
E. 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.
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_69bd43d4ce208190b53158c882b222e3`	completed	March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69bd59056bb48190ba1e0b5beda9bdc4`	completed	March 20, 2026, 2:26 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69bde0aa114881909fe446bf86c675e7`	completed	March 21, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69bde14843148190a0b5fa0ad1d805d9`	completed	March 21, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69bde1b2efb48190a5ab83fa6c257df2`	completed	March 21, 2026, 12:09 a.m.

Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:10 p.m.