Triple

T21124944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephen Greenblatt E520533 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University
The John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for a leading scholar in the humanities, currently held by literary critic and Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt.
E1468232 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: John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University | Statement: [Stephen Greenblatt, positionHeld, John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University
Context triple: [Stephen Greenblatt, positionHeld, John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University]
  • A. Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University
    The Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair held by leading scholars, notably in African and African American studies and related fields.
  • B. Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard University
    The Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for distinguished scholars recognized for exceptional contributions to their academic fields.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University
Triple: [Stephen Greenblatt, positionHeld, John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University]
Generated description
The John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for a leading scholar in the humanities, currently held by literary critic and Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University
Target entity description: The John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for a leading scholar in the humanities, currently held by literary critic and Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt.
  • A. Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University
    The Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair held by leading scholars, notably in African and African American studies and related fields.
  • B. Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard University
    The Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for distinguished scholars recognized for exceptional contributions to their academic fields.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69e0b50a623881909c0bbaf4f2c055e7 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e72237c1a4819090987c645114d452 completed April 21, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0965eb985081908e83e65d104e25ee completed May 17, 2026, 6:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0966f894d48190b6841c35a9aab417 completed May 17, 2026, 6:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a096adfd4248190a26c513278e7b334 completed May 17, 2026, 7:14 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:56 p.m.