Triple

T8712615
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Biddell Airy E206813 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge E75677 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge | Statement: [George Biddell Airy, positionHeld, Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
Context triple: [George Biddell Airy, positionHeld, Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge]
  • A. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge chosen
    The Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in astronomy and related physical sciences, historically held by leading figures in astrophysical research and teaching at the university.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry
    The Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Cambridge dedicated to advanced research and teaching in astronomy and mathematics.
  • D. Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy
    The Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy is a historic endowed chair at the University of Oxford devoted to advanced research and teaching in mathematics and theoretical physics.
  • E. Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
    The Lucasian Professor of Mathematics is a prestigious endowed chair in mathematics at the University of Cambridge, historically held by some of the world's most influential scientists.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69ca83572d4881909bef3be2b578d539 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5c32aebc8190ba19299ce9a18efd completed March 31, 2026, 11:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf28cd239c81909d1feb98b652eb26 completed April 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:35 p.m.