Triple
T7229829
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Paul de Man |
E154873
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University
The Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University is a prestigious endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar in the humanities at Yale.
|
E650600
|
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: Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University | Statement: [Paul de Man, positionHeld, Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University Context triple: [Paul de Man, positionHeld, Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University]
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A.
Yale University Provost
The Yale University Provost is the institution’s chief academic and budget officer, overseeing academic policies, resource allocation, and strategic planning across the university.
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B.
Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University
The Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, historically associated with leading scholars such as poet and critic James Russell Lowell.
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C.
University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University
Joseph S. Nye Jr. is a prominent American political scientist and international relations scholar best known for developing the concept of "soft power" and his influential work on U.S. foreign policy.
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D.
University Professor at Columbia University
University Professor at Columbia University is the highest academic rank at Columbia, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars whose work has had broad, transformative impact across disciplines.
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E.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
- 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: Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University Triple: [Paul de Man, positionHeld, Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University]
Generated description
The Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University is a prestigious endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar in the humanities at Yale.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University Target entity description: The Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University is a prestigious endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar in the humanities at Yale.
-
A.
Yale University Provost
The Yale University Provost is the institution’s chief academic and budget officer, overseeing academic policies, resource allocation, and strategic planning across the university.
-
B.
Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University
The Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, historically associated with leading scholars such as poet and critic James Russell Lowell.
-
C.
University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University
Joseph S. Nye Jr. is a prominent American political scientist and international relations scholar best known for developing the concept of "soft power" and his influential work on U.S. foreign policy.
-
D.
University Professor at Columbia University
University Professor at Columbia University is the highest academic rank at Columbia, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars whose work has had broad, transformative impact across disciplines.
-
E.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
- 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_69c68811dd1c8190ac460bb39e64e1f0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6ea0d9b6c8190a0b5f0ab8d5cca19 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7cc22a39481909a2f38014260f302 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7cd95c8c48190aa4c7d086f03bc0f |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7ce1b5e0081908d8e68fb1c0bfd3e |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:54 p.m.