Triple

T5735286
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gordon S. Wood E126486 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Alva O. Way University Professor
The Alva O. Way University Professor is a distinguished endowed professorship at Brown University held by eminent historian Gordon S. Wood.
E545139 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: Alva O. Way University Professor | Statement: [Gordon S. Wood, positionHeld, Alva O. Way University Professor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alva O. Way University Professor
Context triple: [Gordon S. Wood, positionHeld, Alva O. Way University Professor]
  • A. Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
    The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor
    The Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago awarded to scholars of exceptional distinction in their fields.
  • D. Jane K. Sather
    Jane K. Sather was a prominent philanthropist and benefactor of the University of California, Berkeley, whose donations funded several iconic campus landmarks.
  • E. Russell G. Cory
    Russell G. Cory was an architect known for his work on New York City's landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, a prominent example of early 20th-century industrial modernism.
  • 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: Alva O. Way University Professor
Triple: [Gordon S. Wood, positionHeld, Alva O. Way University Professor]
Generated description
The Alva O. Way University Professor is a distinguished endowed professorship at Brown University held by eminent historian Gordon S. Wood.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alva O. Way University Professor
Target entity description: The Alva O. Way University Professor is a distinguished endowed professorship at Brown University held by eminent historian Gordon S. Wood.
  • A. Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
    The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor
    The Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago awarded to scholars of exceptional distinction in their fields.
  • D. Jane K. Sather
    Jane K. Sather was a prominent philanthropist and benefactor of the University of California, Berkeley, whose donations funded several iconic campus landmarks.
  • E. Russell G. Cory
    Russell G. Cory was an architect known for his work on New York City's landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, a prominent example of early 20th-century industrial modernism.
  • 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_69c0083082288190b7478cead6b5430a completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c025596b5c81909b5626773c91cecb completed March 22, 2026, 5:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c07e05a7e08190a79fb43aefdbea6b completed March 22, 2026, 11:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c088cdb5c08190878addf57bd29fd5 completed March 23, 2026, 12:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0899063ec8190bb24d9f0d317ffa6 completed March 23, 2026, 12:30 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:47 p.m.