Triple

T21572675

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	William Osler	`E532321`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford The Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in clinical medicine historically held by leading physicians such as Sir William Osler.	`E1491901`	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: Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford | Statement: [William Osler, positionHeld, Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford]

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

Target entity: Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford
Context triple: [William Osler, positionHeld, Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford]

A. Waynflete Professor of Human Anatomy at the University of Oxford
The Waynflete Professor of Human Anatomy at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in anatomical science, historically held by leading figures in human anatomy research and teaching at the university.
B. Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford
The Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in biochemistry historically held by leading figures in the field, including Nobel laureate Rodney Porter.
C. Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford
The Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in chemistry historically held by leading figures in the field.
D. Jodrell Professor of Physiology at University College London
The Jodrell Professor of Physiology at University College London is a prestigious endowed chair in physiology historically associated with leading figures in experimental biology, including Nobel laureate Andrew Huxley.
E. Waynflete Professor of Physiology
The Waynflete Professor of Physiology is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford, held by leading researchers in the field of physiology.
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: Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford
Triple: [William Osler, positionHeld, Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford]

Generated description

The Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in clinical medicine historically held by leading physicians such as Sir William Osler.

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

Target entity: Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford
Target entity description: The Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in clinical medicine historically held by leading physicians such as Sir William Osler.

A. Waynflete Professor of Human Anatomy at the University of Oxford
The Waynflete Professor of Human Anatomy at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in anatomical science, historically held by leading figures in human anatomy research and teaching at the university.
B. Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford
The Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in biochemistry historically held by leading figures in the field, including Nobel laureate Rodney Porter.
C. Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford
The Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in chemistry historically held by leading figures in the field.
D. Jodrell Professor of Physiology at University College London
The Jodrell Professor of Physiology at University College London is a prestigious endowed chair in physiology historically associated with leading figures in experimental biology, including Nobel laureate Andrew Huxley.
E. Waynflete Professor of Physiology
The Waynflete Professor of Physiology is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford, held by leading researchers in the field of physiology.
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_69e0c460db088190828c64206a450273`	completed	April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69eee9ce230c81909e12bd59497e2237`	completed	April 27, 2026, 4:45 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a09f672b5808190a2dd61c26ce64403`	completed	May 17, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a09f78a3d788190b4b19f3b6463550e`	completed	May 17, 2026, 5:14 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a09f825b02c819096f57b1dba02ded2`	completed	May 17, 2026, 5:17 p.m.

Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:30 p.m.