Triple

T18611275
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Muldoon E454899 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities
The Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed professorship at Princeton University held by distinguished scholars such as poet Paul Muldoon.
 E1333183 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: Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities | Statement: [Paul Muldoon, positionHeld, Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities
Context triple: [Paul Muldoon, positionHeld, Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities]
  • A. 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.
  • B. John Shaffer Professor of the Humanities
    The John Shaffer Professor of the Humanities is a distinguished endowed academic chair in the humanities held by philosopher Thomas McCarthy.
  • C. Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration
    The Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration is a prestigious endowed chair at Harvard Business School associated with leading scholarship in management and innovation.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy
    The Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, held by leading scholars such as Bernard Williams.
  • 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: Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities
Triple: [Paul Muldoon, positionHeld, Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities]
Generated description
The Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed professorship at Princeton University held by distinguished scholars such as poet Paul Muldoon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities
Target entity description: The Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed professorship at Princeton University held by distinguished scholars such as poet Paul Muldoon.
  • A. 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.
  • B. John Shaffer Professor of the Humanities
    The John Shaffer Professor of the Humanities is a distinguished endowed academic chair in the humanities held by philosopher Thomas McCarthy.
  • C. Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration
    The Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration is a prestigious endowed chair at Harvard Business School associated with leading scholarship in management and innovation.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy
    The Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, held by leading scholars such as Bernard Williams.
  • 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_69d8d38bbe7c8190bdec3138e7d413c9 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e54d013748819099126e27e7ec543d completed April 19, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a050389d4f481908463ea2501295b8b completed May 13, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05052b41bc819080284bc18db67d5b completed May 13, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0505cbc11481908e61d90dd64f6212 completed May 13, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.