Triple

T5797266
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chinua Achebe E128536 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies
The David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies is a distinguished endowed academic chair in Africana Studies at Brown University, once held by renowned Nigerian novelist and critic Chinua Achebe.
E548366 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: David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies | Statement: [Chinua Achebe, positionHeld, David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies
Context triple: [Chinua Achebe, positionHeld, David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies]
  • A. Department of African and African American Studies (Brandeis University)
    The Department of African and African American Studies at Brandeis University is an academic unit dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the histories, cultures, politics, and experiences of African and African-descended peoples in the United States and around the world.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University
    The Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University is the chief academic and administrative leader of the university’s reestablished fine arts college, named in honor of actor and alumnus Chadwick Boseman.
  • D. Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University
    The Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University is a distinguished endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar whose work bridges historical analysis and political science.
  • E. Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University
    The Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair held by leading scholars, notably in African and African American studies and related 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: David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies
Triple: [Chinua Achebe, positionHeld, David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies]
Generated description
The David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies is a distinguished endowed academic chair in Africana Studies at Brown University, once held by renowned Nigerian novelist and critic Chinua Achebe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies
Target entity description: The David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies is a distinguished endowed academic chair in Africana Studies at Brown University, once held by renowned Nigerian novelist and critic Chinua Achebe.
  • A. Department of African and African American Studies (Brandeis University)
    The Department of African and African American Studies at Brandeis University is an academic unit dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the histories, cultures, politics, and experiences of African and African-descended peoples in the United States and around the world.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University
    The Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University is the chief academic and administrative leader of the university’s reestablished fine arts college, named in honor of actor and alumnus Chadwick Boseman.
  • D. Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University
    The Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University is a distinguished endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar whose work bridges historical analysis and political science.
  • E. Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University
    The Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair held by leading scholars, notably in African and African American studies and related 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_69c00845ca68819081a2ce3ecca577f7 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02a945fe0819095e62d480c84a2b5 completed March 22, 2026, 5:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0982ce0ac8190b9f12cedb66c5eb3 completed March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c099b16d148190b442739fbe2802ad completed March 23, 2026, 1:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c09a13a19c8190a04807755d16fb95 completed March 23, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:51 p.m.