Triple

T6225489
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin E139220 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University
The Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Harvard astronomy department, historically notable as the first such professorship in the field to be held by a woman.
E576884 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: Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University | Statement: [Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, positionHeld, Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University
Context triple: [Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, positionHeld, Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University]
  • 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. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University
Triple: [Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, positionHeld, Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University]
Generated description
The Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Harvard astronomy department, historically notable as the first such professorship in the field to be held by a woman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University
Target entity description: The Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Harvard astronomy department, historically notable as the first such professorship in the field to be held by a woman.
  • 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. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69c008afd3148190b71e9eaa60420dd1 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c062d42c688190be4d8d8325d6daaa completed March 22, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c20dd3dc5c8190bf48da3a90863727 completed March 24, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c21131f31881909704aac2130d25a7 completed March 24, 2026, 4:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c2118792948190b54b6b54d52d291d completed March 24, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:22 p.m.