Triple

T737039

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	John Darwin	`E14955`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Beit Professor of Commonwealth History The Beit Professor of Commonwealth History is a prestigious University of Oxford chair dedicated to the academic study and teaching of the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth.	`E87744`	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: Beit Professor of Commonwealth History | Statement: [John Darwin, positionHeld, Beit Professor of Commonwealth History]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Beit Professor of Commonwealth History
Context triple: [John Darwin, positionHeld, Beit Professor of Commonwealth History]

A. 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.
B. Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory
The Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford, held by leading scholars in political and social thought.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy
The Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy is a prestigious endowed chair in philosophy at the University of Oxford, historically associated with leading figures in analytic philosophy.
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: Beit Professor of Commonwealth History
Triple: [John Darwin, positionHeld, Beit Professor of Commonwealth History]

Generated description

The Beit Professor of Commonwealth History is a prestigious University of Oxford chair dedicated to the academic study and teaching of the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Beit Professor of Commonwealth History
Target entity description: The Beit Professor of Commonwealth History is a prestigious University of Oxford chair dedicated to the academic study and teaching of the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth.

A. 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.
B. Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory
The Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford, held by leading scholars in political and social thought.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy
The Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy is a prestigious endowed chair in philosophy at the University of Oxford, historically associated with leading figures in analytic philosophy.
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_69a4934d9930819099eed80096b0597d`	completed	March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a4a5effc108190aea8fbe86641ba54`	completed	March 1, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a64a618c248190ab1bcecba04d3da8`	completed	March 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a64b4c8bb88190aa413a4bed256129`	completed	March 3, 2026, 2:45 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a64beaafa0819099b02cca0f6c79b7`	completed	March 3, 2026, 2:48 a.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.