Triple

T494886
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Gray E10270 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
The Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in modern historical studies at the University of Cambridge.
E61637 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: Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge | Statement: [Thomas Gray, positionHeld, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
Context triple: [Thomas Gray, positionHeld, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge]
  • A. Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
    The Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic department renowned for its wide-ranging historical research and teaching, spanning periods from ancient to contemporary history.
  • B. Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
    A Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge is an academic member of the college’s governing body, typically involved in teaching, research, and the administration of the University of Cambridge institution.
  • C. Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
    The Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in philosophy focused on the study and teaching of ethics and moral theory at the university.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Glasgow
    The Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Glasgow is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in the biological and earth sciences at the University of Glasgow.
  • 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: Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
Triple: [Thomas Gray, positionHeld, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge]
Generated description
The Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in modern historical studies at the University of Cambridge.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
Target entity description: The Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in modern historical studies at the University of Cambridge.
  • A. Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
    The Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic department renowned for its wide-ranging historical research and teaching, spanning periods from ancient to contemporary history.
  • B. Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
    A Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge is an academic member of the college’s governing body, typically involved in teaching, research, and the administration of the University of Cambridge institution.
  • C. Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
    The Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in philosophy focused on the study and teaching of ethics and moral theory at the university.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Glasgow
    The Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Glasgow is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in the biological and earth sciences at the University of Glasgow.
  • 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_69a2e847df8481909239ec08ccf1e376 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f0fdd5608190815fa36485df8962 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a47d2da4488190be3146538a4f3d46 completed March 1, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a47e3bf5e48190b30d2250708e04c6 completed March 1, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a47e888e04819096b3b4eed3bccf95 completed March 1, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.